Nuclear stress test cost in New York

In New York, 98 hospitals publish a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $675.00 to $24,380.00, with a median of $2,673.60. The lowest price is at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center (Smithtown). The highest price is 36.1× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,673.60, is 18% below the US median of $3,277.78.
• That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,322.69).
• New York ranks 19th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 25 of 98 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

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 11, 2026. See them on a map