Nuclear stress test cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 42 hospitals publish a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $443.90 to $4,024.61, with a median of $744.81. The lowest price is at Johnson County Community Hospital (Mountain City). The highest price is 9.1× the lowest.
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 Sep 25, 2026.
Lowest$443.90Johnson County Community Hospital
Median$744.81half pay less
Highest$4,024.61in Tennessee
Lowest saves$300.91vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County Community Hospital lowest Mountain City · Mountain City, TN HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $443.90 | $1,930.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | — source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $452.25 | $3,015.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $500.25 | $1,725.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $500.25 | $1,725.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $500.25 | $1,725.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA CHG MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $530.11 | $1,004.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell · Tazewell, TN NM HRT MPS SPT MLT | $631.96 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Leconte Medical Center Sevierville · Sevierville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $654.53 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown · Morristown, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $677.10 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $677.10 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland Medical Center Crossville · Crossville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT WEF+WM | $722.24 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City · Knoxville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $744.81 | $2,257.00 | Aug 27, 2026 source file |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $744.81 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · Knoxville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $744.81 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Roane County Medical Center Harriman · Knoxville, TN NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MLT W EF+WM | $744.81 | $2,257.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $931.50 | $1,725.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville · McMinnville, TN CI MYOCRD SPECT R/S MULT | $1,179.27 | $3,930.90 | — source file |
| DeKalb Community Hospital Smithville · Smithville, TN NM STRESS TEST | $1,179.32 | $3,931.05 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta · Cookeville, TN NM MYOCRD SPECT R/S MULT | $1,179.32 | $3,931.05 | — source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Union City · Union City, TN HC NM HEART IMAGE SPECT MULTIPLE | $1,343.40 | $6,717.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County Huntingdon · Huntingdon, TN HC NM HEART IMAGE SPECT MULTIPLE | $1,612.76 | $7,012.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC NM HEART IMAGE SPECT MULTIPLE | $1,733.52 | $7,223.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Stress Test Regadenoson W Myocard Perf | $1,933.80 | $8,790.00 | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - NM Heart Perfusion Spect Stress & Rest | $1,933.80 | $8,790.00 | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Stress Test Regadenoson W Myocard Perf | $1,933.80 | $8,790.00 | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - NM Heart Perfusion Spect Stress & Rest | $1,933.80 | $8,790.00 | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Stress Test Regadenoson W Myocard Perf | $1,933.80 | $8,790.00 | — source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC NM HEART IMAGE SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,086.56 | $9,936.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC NM HEART IMAGE SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,086.56 | $9,936.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC NM HEART IMAGE SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,086.56 | $9,936.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY NM-MYOCRD SPECT MULT | $2,279.12 | $11,747.98 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN NM REST & STRESS W/WM W/EF | $2,450.19 | $8,167.30 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN NM REST & STRESS W/WM W/EF | $2,450.22 | $8,167.40 | — source file |
| STRHS Pulaski Pulaski · Pulaski, TN Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection fraction by first pass or gated technique, additional quantification, when performed); multiple studies, at rest and/or stress (exercise or pharmacologic) and/or red | $3,940.84 | $13,449.96 | — source file |
| Erlanger Health Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Mycard Prf Rst Strs Spect Mlti | $4,024.61 | $13,926.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 9 | $1,733.52 | $1,933.80 |
| Knoxville, TN | 5 | $677.10 | $744.81 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $452.25 | $452.25 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $500.25 | $1,690.84 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $452.25 | $452.25 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $530.11 | $530.11 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $2,279.12 | $2,279.12 |
| Cookeville, TN | 1 | $1,179.32 | $1,179.32 |
| Crossville, TN | 1 | $722.24 | $722.24 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $452.25 | $452.25 |
| Huntingdon, TN | 1 | $1,612.76 | $1,612.76 |
| Mountain City, TN | 1 | $443.90 | $443.90 |
| McMinnville, TN | 1 | $1,179.27 | $1,179.27 |
| Morristown, TN | 1 | $677.10 | $677.10 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $4,024.61 | $4,024.61 |
| Pulaski, TN | 1 | $3,940.84 | $3,940.84 |
| Smithville, TN | 1 | $1,179.32 | $1,179.32 |
| Sevierville, TN | 1 | $654.53 | $654.53 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $500.25 | $500.25 |
| Tazewell, TN | 1 | $631.96 | $631.96 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $500.25 | $500.25 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $1,343.40 | $1,343.40 |
What it is
This is the imaging part of a nuclear stress test. A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected, and a special camera takes pictures of blood flow to the heart muscle at rest and after exercise or a stress medicine. It is used to look for blocked heart arteries.
What the price covers
The code covers the camera images and their processing. The radioactive tracer, the stress test itself (with ECG monitoring), any stress medicine and the physician's interpretation are often billed separately.
Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies in other states
- Alabama$13,449.00
- Alaska$3,501.72
- Arizona$1,701.06
- Arkansas$1,844.90
- California$3,676.40
- Colorado$3,090.82
- Connecticut$2,316.30
- Delaware$4,431.25
- Florida$4,613.70
- Georgia$3,563.04
- Hawaii$2,760.60
- Idaho$4,271.00
- Illinois$3,096.65
- Indiana$4,249.80
- Iowa$1,664.00
- Kansas$3,921.45
- Kentucky$7,368.83
- Louisiana$1,139.57
- Maine$2,619.90
- Maryland$1,202.48
- Massachusetts$3,671.50
- Michigan$2,461.15
- Minnesota$2,417.38
- Mississippi$1,630.80
- Missouri$4,413.01
- Montana$2,088.00
- Nebraska$2,379.00
- Nevada$3,220.02
- New Hampshire$2,103.80
- New Jersey$1,537.41
- New Mexico$2,116.00
- New York$1,544.85
- North Carolina$3,341.83
- North Dakota$2,293.20
- Ohio$3,953.40
- Oklahoma$2,672.54
- Oregon$3,422.25
- Pennsylvania$4,206.60
- Puerto Rico$536.00
- Rhode Island$2,002.90
- South Carolina$3,173.95
- South Dakota$4,556.00
- Texas$4,279.95
- Utah$2,702.59
- Vermont$3,029.48
- Virginia$3,168.00
- Washington$2,985.83
- West Virginia$2,874.75
- Wisconsin$2,485.91
- Wyoming$2,020.80
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.