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Procedure price report · Cardiac stress tests

Doctor supervision of an exercise heart stress test

CPT 93016the billing code this page is about

Physician supervision during an exercise stress test only; the tracing and the interpretation and report are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $60 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 802 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $65. Most fall between $35 and $124 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
802
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 802 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
$25$38$60$106$207

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($25 vs $207).

How the prices are spread

$20 – $27: 52 hospitals$20$27 – $35: 62 hospitals$35 – $45: 127 hospitals$35$45 – $59: 104 hospitals$59 – $77: 114 hospitals$59$77 – $100: 89 hospitals$100 – $130: 63 hospitals$100$130 – $170: 58 hospitals$170 – $221: 20 hospitals$170$221 – $289: 33 hospitals$221median $60price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (722 of 802 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$20$2752
$27$3562
$35$45127
$45$59104
$59$77114
$77$10089
$100$13063
$130$17058
$170$22120
$221$28933

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $60.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $55 across 15 hospitalsME$55Vermont: median $80 across 11 hospitalsVT$80New Hampshire: median $37 across 12 hospitalsNH$37Washington: median $60 across 23 hospitalsWA$60Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $37 across 12 hospitalsMT$37North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $62 across 52 hospitalsMN$62Illinois: median $82 across 35 hospitalsIL$82Wisconsin: median $163 across 44 hospitalsWI$163Michigan: median $49 across 43 hospitalsMI$49New York: median $59 across 34 hospitalsNY$59Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $60 across 33 hospitalsOR$60Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $97 across 11 hospitalsSD$97Iowa: median $51 across 52 hospitalsIA$51Indiana: median $56 across 21 hospitalsIN$56Ohio: median $44 across 24 hospitalsOH$44Pennsylvania: median $43 across 29 hospitalsPA$43New Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $66 across 23 hospitalsCA$66Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $145 across 17 hospitalsCO$145Nebraska: median $51 across 30 hospitalsNE$51Missouri: median $62 across 17 hospitalsMO$62Kentucky: median $46 across 17 hospitalsKY$46West Virginia: median $36 across 17 hospitalsWV$36Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $35 across 11 hospitalsNM$35Kansas: median $67 across 30 hospitalsKS$67Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $16 across 10 hospitalsTN$16North Carolina: median $34 across 12 hospitalsNC$34South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $38 across 15 hospitalsOK$38Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: median $50 across 12 hospitalsMS$50Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $34 across 18 hospitalsGA$34Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $46 across 11 hospitalsTX$46Florida: median $129 across 11 hospitalsFL$129
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $60. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI44$163+171%$106 – $259
Colorado CO17$145+140%$44 – $4,880
Florida FL11$129+114%$57 – $165
South Dakota SD11$97+60%$57 – $168
Illinois IL35$82+36%$41 – $185
Vermont VT11$80+32%$47 – $91
Kansas KS30$67+10%$41 – $96
California CA23$66+9%$18 – $147
Minnesota MN52$62+3%$37 – $202
Missouri MO17$62+2%$35 – $87
Oregon OR33$600%$42 – $68
Washington WA23$600%$44 – $105
New York NY34$59−2%$26 – $90
Indiana IN21$56−7%$41 – $118
Maine ME15$55−10%$28 – $84
Nebraska NE30$51−15%$32 – $78
Iowa IA52$51−15%$43 – $99
Mississippi MS12$50−18%$38 – $107
Michigan MI43$49−19%$32 – $93
Texas TX11$46−23%$30 – $87
Kentucky KY17$46−24%$36 – $80
Ohio OH24$44−27%$25 – $85
Pennsylvania PA29$43−29%$13 – $167
Oklahoma OK15$38−37%$38 – $38
Montana MT12$37−38%$31 – $67
New Hampshire NH12$37−39%$34 – $94
West Virginia WV17$36−40%$23 – $64
New Mexico NM11$35−42%$35 – $47
Georgia GA18$34−44%$34 – $101
North Carolina NC12$34−44%$17 – $61
Tennessee TN10$16−73%$13 – $25
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $60.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care417$53$30 – $106
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access375$67$39 – $145
Ownership
For-profit37$64$38 – $163
Government201$69$38 – $136
Non-profit562$57$34 – $117
System affiliation
Part of a system583$57$34 – $116
Independent219$67$39 – $146

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$84
Median cash price$60
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

472 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $57 and the average of the middle 60% is $63; most fall between $35 and $130.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 472 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
$28$38$57$101$207

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($28 vs $207).

Of the 533 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 472 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 45 a list price only.

How complete is this

802 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 891 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted802
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here30
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded59
Hospitals that filed this code891

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 24, 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/O I&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, “Doctor supervision of an exercise heart stress test (CPT 93016) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93016-doctor-supervision-of-an-exercise-heart-stress-test