Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93017 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Sioux Falls, SD — inpatient

In Sioux Falls, SD-MN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $1,016.00 to $1,515.20, with a median of $1,025.60. The lowest listed price is at Sanford Luverne Medical Center — $9.60 less than the median here. Across South Dakota, the median is $1,103.20 at 7 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 4, 2026 and Mar 4, 2026.

Lowest$1,016.00Sanford Luverne Medical Center
Median$1,025.60half pay less
Highest$1,515.20in this market
Difference1.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sioux Falls, SD-MN.

median
Lowest $1,016.00Highest $1,515.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sanford Luverne Medical Center lowest Luverne, MN · (507) 283-2321 CARDIAC STRESS TEST TRACING $1,016.00 $1,270.00 $680.47–$1,201.42 20% Mar 4, 2026
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Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton, SD · (605) 764-1500 CARDIAC STRESS TEST TRACING $1,025.60 $1,282.00 $702.41–$1,153.80 20% Mar 4, 2026
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Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls, SD · (605) 333-1000 CARDIAC STRESS TEST TRACING $1,515.20 $1,894.00 $1,041.70–$1,704.60 20% Mar 4, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,016.00, median $1,025.60, highest $1,515.20 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,025.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This code is the hospital's part of an exercise stress test, the treadmill test with a running EKG, without the doctor's supervision and report. Clinics bill the whole test under 93015.

What the price covers

The price covers the test and recording. The doctor's supervision and report are billed separately, and imaging such as a nuclear scan (78452) or stress echo (93351) is extra.