CPT 93017 · 1,542 hospitals reporting

Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg)

The same procedure costs $55.25 at one hospital and $16,119 at another — a 292× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $740.

Cheapest published

$55.25

11 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,542 hospitals

$740

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$16,119

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

500 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCE	TN	$2,931	$730	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$1,510	$725	$906	$1,480	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$1,510	$725	$649	$1,480	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$723	$723	—	—	0 insurers
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH	CO	$1,024	$717	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,065	$717	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,433	$717	$46.44	$1,390	5 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$895	$716	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$1,424	$712	$883	$1,139	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$1,424	$712	$67.17	$1,210	5 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$708	$708	$237	$1,202	0 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$882	$706	—	—	5 insurers
GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL	PA	$882	$706	—	—	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,003	$702	—	—	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,003	$702	—	—	5 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$700	$700	$67.04	$794	5 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$1,161	$697	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$1,393	$697	—	—	4 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,741	$696	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,741	$696	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$927	$695	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$1,389	$695	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,389	$695	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,389	$695	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$816	$694	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$816	$694	—	—	5 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$1,731	$692	—	—	0 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$1,152	$691	—	—	5 insurers
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,148	$689	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$860	$688	—	—	3 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$860	$688	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$860	$688	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$917	$688	—	—	0 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$685	$685	$141	$723	0 insurers
BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL	PA	$977	$684	—	—	4 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$799	$679	—	—	5 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$1,028	$678	—	—	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,773	$677	$1,064	$1,401	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,773	$677	$39.34	$1,773	5 insurers
FAULKTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$752	$677	—	—	0 insurers