Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Waterloo, IA — inpatient
In Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $608.40 to $688.12, with a median of $648.26. The lowest listed price is at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center — $39.86 less than the median here. Across Iowa, the median is $698.64 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center lowest Waterloo, IA · (319) 272-8000 HC Test Stress Cardiovascular Tracing Only | $608.40 | $936.00 | $203.42–$936.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Allen Hospital Waterloo, IA · (319) 235-3941 HC CVSLR STRESS TEST; TRACING | $688.12 | $860.15 | $556.52 | 20% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $608.40, median $648.26, highest $688.12 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $648.26 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93017 ($818.10). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Allen Hospital Waterloo, IAPR CARDIAC STRESS TST,TRACING ONLY | $81.60 | file |