Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93017 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Hartford, CT — inpatient

In Hartford, CT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $653.40 to $894.30, with a median of $773.85. The lowest listed price is at Connecticut Children's — $120.45 less than the median here. Across Connecticut, the median is $1,095.00 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$653.40Connecticut Children's
Median$773.85half pay less
Highest$894.30in this market
Difference1.4×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 Hartford, CT.

median
Lowest $653.40Highest $894.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Connecticut Children's lowest Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Cvslr Stress Test; Tracing $653.40 $1,089.00 $102.61–$977.27 40% —
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Connecticut Children's lowest Hartford, CT · (860) 545-9000 Cvslr Stress Test; Tracing $653.40 $1,089.00 $102.61–$977.27 40% —
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Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT · (860) 714-5541 HC Test Stress Cardiovascular Tracing Only $894.30 $1,626.00 $136.92–$1,382.10 45% Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $653.40, median $773.85, highest $894.30 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $894.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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.