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Exercise heart stress test with doctor's reading

CPT 93015the billing code this page is about

A treadmill or bicycle stress test with continuous heart monitoring, including staff supervision, the tracing, and the physician's interpretation and report.

Hospitals typically charge $262 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 613 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $311. Most fall between $126 and $777 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
613
States
48
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 613 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$84$145$262$611$1,145

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($84 vs $1,145).

How the prices are spread

$62 – $86: 37 hospitals$62$86 – $119: 34 hospitals$119 – $165: 87 hospitals$119$165 – $229: 101 hospitals$229 – $318: 65 hospitals$229$318 – $442: 67 hospitals$442 – $612: 49 hospitals$442$612 – $849: 35 hospitals$849 – $1,178: 60 hospitals$849$1,178 – $1,634: 22 hospitals$1,178median $262price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (557 of 613 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$62$8637
$86$11934
$119$16587
$165$229101
$229$31865
$318$44267
$442$61249
$612$84935
$849$1,17860
$1,178$1,63422

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $262.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $222 across 17 hospitalsWA$222Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $381 across 25 hospitalsMN$381Illinois: median $431 across 33 hospitalsIL$431Wisconsin: median $611 across 34 hospitalsWI$611Michigan: median $373 across 23 hospitalsMI$373New York: median $253 across 30 hospitalsNY$253Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $205 across 24 hospitalsOR$205Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $254 across 37 hospitalsIA$254Indiana: median $163 across 17 hospitalsIN$163Ohio: median $277 across 24 hospitalsOH$277Pennsylvania: median $88 across 19 hospitalsPA$88New Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $270 across 29 hospitalsCA$270Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $420 across 14 hospitalsCO$420Nebraska: median $296 across 22 hospitalsNE$296Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $78 across 16 hospitalsWV$78Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $206 across 20 hospitalsKS$206Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $113 across 12 hospitalsNC$113South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $120 across 17 hospitalsOK$120Louisiana: median $224 across 11 hospitalsLA$224Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $328 across 10 hospitalsAL$328Georgia: median $1,100 across 10 hospitalsGA$1,100Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $518 across 19 hospitalsTX$518Florida: median $1,033 across 22 hospitalsFL$1,033
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $262. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$1,100+320%$372 – $1,634
Florida FL22$1,033+295%$215 – $2,505
Wisconsin WI34$611+134%$351 – $1,163
Texas TX19$518+98%$145 – $1,609
Illinois IL33$431+65%$163 – $864
Colorado CO14$420+61%$201 – $946
Minnesota MN25$381+46%$111 – $902
Michigan MI23$373+43%$100 – $669
Alabama AL10$328+25%$205 – $2,717
Nebraska NE22$296+13%$150 – $1,064
Ohio OH24$277+6%$191 – $981
California CA29$270+3%$150 – $458
Iowa IA37$254−3%$168 – $587
New York NY30$253−3%$132 – $510
Louisiana LA11$224−14%$165 – $457
Washington WA17$222−15%$138 – $490
Kansas KS20$206−21%$135 – $367
Oregon OR24$205−22%$133 – $509
Indiana IN17$163−38%$134 – $670
Oklahoma OK17$120−54%$62 – $120
North Carolina NC12$113−57%$52 – $233
Pennsylvania PA19$88−67%$44 – $392
West Virginia WV16$78−70%$72 – $1,069
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $262.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care354$215$120 – $611
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access243$304$151 – $876
Ownership
For-profit40$373$163 – $909
Government152$277$142 – $776
Non-profit419$237$120 – $679
System affiliation
Part of a system442$270$121 – $840
Independent171$238$136 – $679

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$404
Median cash price$262
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

349 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $236 and the average of the middle 60% is $295; most fall between $133 and $633.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 349 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$98$145$236$611$1,148

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($98 vs $1,148).

Of the 393 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 349 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

613 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 703 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted613
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded62
Hospitals that filed this code703

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Cardiac stress tests family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cv Strs Tst Xers&/or Rx Cont Ecg W/Si&R.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Exercise heart stress test with doctor's reading (CPT 93015) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93015-exercise-heart-stress-test-with-doctor-s-reading