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Procedure price report · Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography

Exercise testing with pressure readings during heart cath

CPT 93464the billing code this page is about

Add-on service in which the patient exercises or is otherwise physiologically stressed during a heart catheterization while heart pressures and blood flow are measured.

Hospitals typically charge $628 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 974 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $761. Most fall between $202 and $2,116 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
974
States
49
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 974 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
$122$249$628$1,684$3,201

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($122 vs $3,201).

How the prices are spread

$91 – $138: 59 hospitals$91$138 – $208: 99 hospitals$208 – $315: 105 hospitals$208$315 – $475: 98 hospitals$475 – $717: 114 hospitals$475$717 – $1,083: 134 hospitals$1,083 – $1,635: 71 hospitals$1,083$1,635 – $2,468: 89 hospitals$2,468 – $3,725: 77 hospitals$2,468$3,725 – $5,624: 32 hospitals$3,725median $628price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (878 of 974 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$91$13859
$138$20899
$208$315105
$315$47598
$475$717114
$717$1,083134
$1,083$1,63571
$1,635$2,46889
$2,468$3,72577
$3,725$5,62432

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $628.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $338 across 32 hospitalsWA$338Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $333 across 20 hospitalsMN$333Illinois: median $412 across 30 hospitalsIL$412Wisconsin: median $834 across 27 hospitalsWI$834Michigan: median $777 across 43 hospitalsMI$777New York: median $747 across 20 hospitalsNY$747Massachusetts: median $459 across 10 hospitalsMA$459Oregon: median $507 across 16 hospitalsOR$507Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $230 across 15 hospitalsIA$230Indiana: median $654 across 32 hospitalsIN$654Ohio: median $336 across 53 hospitalsOH$336Pennsylvania: median $730 across 48 hospitalsPA$730New Jersey: median $463 across 27 hospitalsNJ$463Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $656 across 97 hospitalsCA$656Utah: median $894 across 26 hospitalsUT$894Colorado: median $870 across 28 hospitalsCO$870Nebraska: median $1,361 across 12 hospitalsNE$1,361Missouri: median $1,833 across 18 hospitalsMO$1,833Kentucky: median $1,545 across 21 hospitalsKY$1,545West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $874 across 29 hospitalsVA$874Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,492 across 18 hospitalsAZ$1,492New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $131 across 20 hospitalsTN$131North Carolina: median $395 across 23 hospitalsNC$395South Carolina: median $665 across 19 hospitalsSC$665Oklahoma: median $152 across 18 hospitalsOK$152Louisiana: median $169 across 11 hospitalsLA$169Mississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $365 across 10 hospitalsAL$365Georgia: median $355 across 35 hospitalsGA$355Hawaii: median $703 across 10 hospitalsHI$703Texas: median $1,481 across 86 hospitalsTX$1,481Florida: median $388 across 51 hospitalsFL$388
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $628. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Missouri MO18$1,833+192%$628 – $1,945
Kentucky KY21$1,545+146%$334 – $6,632
Arizona AZ18$1,492+138%$255 – $2,055
Texas TX86$1,481+136%$333 – $2,756
Nebraska NE12$1,361+117%$276 – $1,505
Utah UT26$894+42%$894 – $894
Virginia VA29$874+39%$338 – $2,228
Colorado CO28$870+39%$294 – $4,362
Wisconsin WI27$834+33%$380 – $906
Michigan MI43$777+24%$68 – $834
New York NY20$747+19%$306 – $1,703
Pennsylvania PA48$730+16%$104 – $2,937
Hawaii HI10$703+12%$95 – $888
South Carolina SC19$665+6%$220 – $665
California CA97$656+4%$402 – $2,143
Indiana IN32$654+4%$160 – $4,229
Oregon OR16$507−19%$159 – $729
New Jersey NJ27$463−26%$140 – $4,292
Massachusetts MA10$459−27%$237 – $1,479
Illinois IL30$412−34%$96 – $538
North Carolina NC23$395−37%$150 – $3,036
Florida FL51$388−38%$185 – $900
Alabama AL10$365−42%$186 – $365
Georgia GA35$355−43%$173 – $1,237
Washington WA32$338−46%$188 – $995
Ohio OH53$336−46%$237 – $3,199
Minnesota MN20$333−47%$197 – $2,086
Iowa IA15$230−63%$202 – $752
Louisiana LA11$169−73%$122 – $361
Oklahoma OK18$152−76%$101 – $315
Tennessee TN20$131−79%$102 – $1,818
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $628.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care892$586$202 – $2,116
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access58$833$202 – $1,481
Ownership
For-profit90$1,058$221 – $3,851
Government102$365$176 – $1,237
Non-profit777$650$202 – $1,998
System affiliation
Part of a system893$650$202 – $2,162
Independent81$491$196 – $1,490

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,070
Median cash price$628
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

776 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $663 and the average of the middle 60% is $768; most fall between $226 and $2,055.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 776 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
$159$278$663$1,545$3,062

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($159 vs $3,062).

Of the 833 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 776 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 43 a list price only.

How complete is this

974 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,079 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted974
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) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded76
Hospitals that filed this code1,079

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Physiologic Exercise Study & Hemodynamic Measu|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Exercise testing with pressure readings during heart cath (CPT 93464) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93464-exercise-testing-with-pressure-readings-during-heart-cath