Nuclear stress test cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 42 hospitals publish a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $412.40 to $7,200.77, with a median of $1,185.68. The lowest price is at Ochsner St Mary (Morgan City). The highest price is 17.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,185.68, is 64% below the US median of $3,277.78.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,322.69).
- Louisiana ranks 2nd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 42 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 78452. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$412.40Ochsner St Mary
Median$1,185.68half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,200.77in Louisiana
Lowest saves$773.28vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner St Mary lowest Morgan City · Baton Rouge, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $412.40 | $2,062.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $430.98 | $1,959.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $433.94 | $1,669.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $467.32 | $1,669.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $483.84 | $1,512.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $711.36 | $2,223.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $756.81 | $2,803.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $841.28 | $1,912.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge · Lafayette, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $925.20 | $3,084.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $925.60 | $3,560.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $944.84 | $1,619.73 | May 26, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Nuclear Medicine Study Vessels of Heart Using Drugs or Exercise Multiple | $983.34 | $3,642.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Byrd Regional Hospital Leesville · Leesville, LA NM CARDIAC SPECT MULTIPLE | $990.30 | $3,301.00 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $1,004.39 | $2,137.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Nuclear Medicine Study Vessels of Heart Using Drugs or Exercise Multiple | $1,038.24 | $6,489.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Nuclear Medicine Study Vessels of Heart Using Drugs or Exercise Multiple | $1,079.10 | $4,905.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,085.54 | $1,809.24 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $1,116.92 | $3,989.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $1,128.40 | $1,612.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $1,163.48 | $3,422.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,177.75 | $11,138.64 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Nuclear Medicine Study Vessels of Heart Using Drugs or Exercise Multiple | $1,193.60 | $7,460.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Medical Center Springhill · Minden, LA NM MYO SPECT REST STRESS | $1,193.63 | $3,510.68 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Nuclear Medicine Study Vessels of Heart Using Drugs or Exercise Multiple | $1,249.22 | $8,923.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria · Alexandria, LA HC 78452 MYOCAR PERF IMG TOMO MULTI (SPECT) | $1,411.02 | $5,427.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA CARD PERFUS,SPECT,MULTI | $1,460.40 | $3,651.00 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
| Opelousas General Main Campus Opelousas · Opelousas, LA NM Myocardial SPECT Rest and Stress | $1,527.50 | $3,055.00 | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Northern Louisiana Medical Center Ruston · Ruston, LA HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,760.55 | $3,201.00 | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe · Monroe, LA HC MPI SPECT, MULTIPLE | $1,857.25 | $8,075.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lasalle General Hospital Jena · Jena, LA NM MYOCARDIAL STRESS/REST | $1,895.40 | $3,159.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden · Minden, LA HT MUS IMAGE SPECT MULTI | $2,046.90 | $6,823.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles · Lake Charles, LA Image of the heart to assess perfusion | $2,065.80 | $3,443.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice · Lafayette, LA HT MUS IMAGE SPECT MULTI | $2,110.50 | $7,035.00 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop · Monroe, LA NM CARDIO STRESS MS | $2,560.00 | $3,200.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $2,723.25 | $3,890.35 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi Delhi · Monroe, LA Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $2,743.00 | $4,220.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond · Hammond, LA Myocardial Stress | $2,831.51 | $7,898.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe · Monroe, LA NM MYOCARD PERF. EF/WM MULTI-SAMP | $3,036.68 | $4,048.90 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC MPI SPECT MULTIPLE | $3,240.85 | $4,377.75 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA CARD PERFUS,SPECT,MULTI | $3,834.00 | $3,834.00 | Oct 25, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Myoview Spect Images Mpi | $6,117.60 | $7,647.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rapides Regional Medical Center Alexandria · Alexandria, LA Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection fraction by first pass or gated technique, additional quantificat | $7,200.77 | $7,200.77 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 10 | $430.98 | $1,010.79 |
| Monroe, LA | 5 | $1,177.75 | $2,560.00 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 3 | $412.40 | $483.84 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 3 | $841.28 | $1,004.39 |
| Lafayette, LA | 3 | $925.20 | $925.60 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 3 | $433.94 | $467.32 |
| Alexandria, LA | 2 | $1,411.02 | $4,305.90 |
| Hammond, LA | 2 | $1,085.54 | $1,958.52 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 2 | $1,163.48 | $1,614.64 |
| Minden, LA | 2 | $1,193.63 | $1,620.26 |
| Natchitoches, LA | 2 | $1,460.40 | $2,647.20 |
| Jena, LA | 1 | $1,895.40 | $1,895.40 |
| Leesville, LA | 1 | $990.30 | $990.30 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $1,128.40 | $1,128.40 |
| Opelousas, LA | 1 | $1,527.50 | $1,527.50 |
| Ruston, LA | 1 | $1,760.55 | $1,760.55 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What nuclear stress test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Nuclear stress test explained.
Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies in other states
- Alabama$2,087.00
- Alaska$4,179.53
- Arizona$2,663.91
- Arkansas$1,844.90
- California$4,058.80
- Colorado$4,581.63
- Connecticut$3,517.68
- Delaware$5,019.96
- District of Columbia$4,818.38, 2 hospitals
- Florida$5,505.50
- Georgia$2,882.10
- Hawaii$2,589.00
- Idaho$4,160.25
- Illinois$4,014.86
- Indiana$3,846.62
- Iowa$2,802.00
- Kansas$2,340.00
- Kentucky$2,926.28
- Maine$2,075.25
- Maryland$2,334.29
- Massachusetts$4,159.00
- Michigan$2,879.52
- Minnesota$2,612.59
- Mississippi$1,920.00
- Missouri$3,560.37
- Montana$2,167.20
- Nebraska$4,330.00
- Nevada$4,892.19
- New Hampshire$2,868.32
- New Jersey$1,530.00
- New Mexico$2,301.60
- New York$2,673.60
- North Carolina$3,481.00
- North Dakota$2,192.30
- Ohio$4,011.00
- Oklahoma$2,672.54
- Oregon$3,422.25
- Pennsylvania$3,923.40
- Puerto Rico$840.00
- Rhode Island$2,557.80
- South Carolina$3,814.50
- South Dakota$4,056.00
- Tennessee$1,933.80
- Texas$4,138.95
- Utah$6,476.01
- Vermont$3,029.48
- Virginia$3,168.00
- Washington$3,545.50
- West Virginia$2,812.00
- Wisconsin$3,089.45
- Wyoming$3,118.47
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.