Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Missouri
In Missouri, 24 hospitals publish a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $111.00 to $1,703.65, with a median of $892.02. The lowest price is at Mercy Hospital Southeast (Cape Girardeau). The highest price is 15.3× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 93017. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 25, 2026.
Lowest$111.00Mercy Hospital Southeast
Median$892.02half pay less
Highest$1,703.65in Missouri
Lowest saves$781.02vs the median
Hospitals in Missouri, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Cv Strs Tst Xers&/Rx Cont Ecg Trcg Only W/O I&R | $111.00 | $148.00 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS Hc Cardiac Stress Tst,Tracing Only (93017) | $215.00 | $2,099.68 | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter · Dexter, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $490.75 | $755.00 | — source file |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin · Joplin, MO-KS THALIUM STRESS TEST | $583.38 | $1,458.45 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Perry Perryville · Perryville, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $586.30 | $902.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage · Joplin, MO-KS Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $602.55 | $927.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora · Aurora, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $603.85 | $929.00 | — source file |
| Mercy St. Francis Hospital Mountain View · West Plains, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $603.85 | $929.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Cassville Cassville · Cassville, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $611.65 | $941.00 | — source file |
| Fitzgibbon Hospital Marshall · Marshall, MO Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ECG) | $753.38 | $941.72 | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| Boone Hospital Center Columbia · Columbia, MO STRESS TEST TREADMILL | $774.00 | $1,290.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia · Columbia, MO PHARMACHOLOGICAL STRESS TEST-CTST | $842.40 | $1,404.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| NKC Health North Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS Pharmacological Stress | $941.63 | $3,247.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin · Joplin, MO-KS Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $945.10 | $1,454.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lebanon Lebanon · Lebanon, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,001.00 | $1,540.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield · Springfield, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,032.85 | $1,589.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark · Springfield, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,032.85 | $1,589.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy · St. Louis, MO-IL Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,052.35 | $1,619.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,144.65 | $1,761.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,340.95 | $2,063.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus · St. Louis, MO-IL Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,363.70 | $2,098.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,574.30 | $2,422.00 | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS MONITOR STRESS TEST STR | $1,689.12 | $3,519.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington · St. Louis, MO-IL Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,703.65 | $2,621.00 | — source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 5 | $1,052.35 | $1,363.70 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 3 | $583.38 | $602.55 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 3 | $215.00 | $941.63 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 2 | $111.00 | $627.82 |
| Columbia, MO | 2 | $774.00 | $808.20 |
| Springfield, MO | 2 | $1,032.85 | $1,032.85 |
| Aurora, MO | 1 | $603.85 | $603.85 |
| Cassville, MO | 1 | $611.65 | $611.65 |
| Dexter, MO | 1 | $490.75 | $490.75 |
| Lebanon, MO | 1 | $1,001.00 | $1,001.00 |
| Marshall, MO | 1 | $753.38 | $753.38 |
| Perryville, MO | 1 | $586.30 | $586.30 |
| West Plains, MO | 1 | $603.85 | $603.85 |
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.
Exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge in other states
- Alabama$1,822.00
- Alaska$744.90
- Arizona$466.36
- Arkansas$327.71
- California$1,414.40
- Colorado$847.60
- Connecticut$1,095.00
- Delaware$1,223.44
- Florida$1,278.90
- Georgia$516.75
- Hawaii$555.30
- Idaho$1,079.00
- Illinois$611.60
- Indiana$847.00
- Iowa$698.64
- Kansas$510.65
- Kentucky$1,657.80
- Louisiana$351.12
- Maine$535.70
- Maryland$171.00
- Massachusetts$864.86
- Michigan$783.18
- Minnesota$712.54
- Mississippi$365.70
- Montana$538.40
- Nebraska$968.78
- Nevada$725.00
- New Hampshire$755.37
- New Jersey$366.72
- New Mexico$879.20
- New York$577.02
- North Carolina$1,424.53
- North Dakota$493.22
- Ohio$897.60
- Oklahoma$386.84
- Oregon$672.00
- Pennsylvania$953.40
- Rhode Island$1,072.00
- South Carolina$896.30
- South Dakota$1,103.20
- Tennessee$223.95
- Texas$1,251.88
- Utah$1,023.10
- Vermont$829.00
- Virginia$751.00
- Washington$627.91
- West Virginia$611.00
- Wisconsin$534.41
- Wyoming$879.81
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.