# Cardiac stress test in GA

Billing code `93017`. Prices for this code at 97 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/cardiac-stress-test

HC CARDIAC STRESS TST,TRACING ONLY

**Read this before comparing:** This price is for the tracing only -- the technical recording of the test (CPT 93017), without the clinician's supervision or their reading of the result, which are billed separately. It is a component of a stress test, not the whole test, which is why it can look cheaper than prices published under the complete-test code. See [Exercise stress test](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/exercise-stress-test) (code 93015).

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 1 publish a physician fee; 40 publish a facility charge; 6 publish both, mixed together; 50 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $212 |
| Typical | $475 |
| Dearest tenth | $2,409 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 11-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | $41 | not mentioned | $41 | not published | $38 | $161 | 20 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $60 | $60 | not mentioned | $1,088 | $26 | $415 | 13 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | $104 | $104 | not mentioned | $560 | $58 | $224 | 12 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $188 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $51 | $576 | 36 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $194 | $194 | not mentioned | $1,195 | $189 | $199 | 4 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $196 | $196 | not mentioned | not published | $45 | $473 | 8 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $199 | $199 | not mentioned | not published | $189 | $331 | 7 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $507 | $37 | $733 | $34 | $1,024 | 152 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $207 | $207 | not mentioned | $3,596 | $201 | $398 | 5 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $207 | $207 | not mentioned | $1,163 | $150 | $245 | 4 |
| Union General Hospital | BLAIRSVILLE | 3/5 | $215 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $251 | $70 | $427 | 36 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $216 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $215 | $32 | $449 | 37 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $218 | $218 | not mentioned | $1,195 | $212 | $223 | 4 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $218 | $218 | not mentioned | not published | $208 | $364 | 7 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $222 | $222 | not mentioned | $1,195 | $217 | $227 | 4 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $222 | $222 | not mentioned | $979 | $216 | $237 | 15 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $223 | $223 | not mentioned | $1,034 | $217 | $459 | 7 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $223 | $223 | not mentioned | $1,034 | $217 | $459 | 7 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $223 | $223 | not mentioned | $1,034 | $217 | $459 | 7 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $225 | $225 | not mentioned | $3,596 | $215 | $435 | 6 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $1,034 | $219 | $465 | 7 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $1,034 | $219 | $465 | 7 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $1,034 | $219 | $465 | 7 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $226 | $226 | not mentioned | $1,163 | $188 | $282 | 3 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $236 | $236 | not mentioned | $3,786 | $224 | $624 | 5 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $265 | $265 | not mentioned | $381 | $189 | $514 | 9 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $265 | $265 | not mentioned | $381 | $189 | $514 | 9 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $265 | $265 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $189 | $688 | 14 |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | HIAWASSEE | not rated | $266 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $251 | $110 | $427 | 36 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $429 | $42 | $282 | $33 | $479 | 54 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $527 | $76 | $425 | $33 | $1,024 | 56 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $371 | $53 | $902 | $32 | $1,804 | 506 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | CORDELE | 2/5 | $317 | $317 | not mentioned | $588 | $262 | $343 | 9 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $343 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,421 | $87 | $2,132 | 30 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $368 | $368 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $212 | $827 | 10 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $375 | $375 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $217 | $825 | 10 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $383 | $383 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $217 | $825 | 9 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $386 | $386 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $219 | $823 | 9 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $386 | $386 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $219 | $823 | 9 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $386 | $386 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $219 | $855 | 9 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $386 | $386 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $219 | $836 | 9 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $411 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $954 | $393 | $1,394 | 26 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $433 | $53 | $902 | $32 | $1,804 | 276 |
| Liberty Regional Medical Center | HINESVILLE | not rated | $426 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,908 | $411 | $1,908 | 6 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $430 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $282 | $347 | $508 | 72 |
| Donalsonville Hospital | DONALSONVILLE | not rated | $445 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $445 | $130 | $445 | 7 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $467 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $840 | $118 | $2,298 | 24 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $470 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $465 | $34 | $790 | 26 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $475 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,424 | $51 | $2,373 | 1,170 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $544 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,212 | $34 | $1,991 | 47 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $2,101 | $37 | $3,585 | $37 | $2,868 | 122 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $559 | $559 | not mentioned | $513 | $170 | $710 | 108 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $587 | $587 | not mentioned | $336 | $258 | $672 | 6 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $616 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $58 | $893 | 32 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $616 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $58 | $893 | 32 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $646 | $646 | not mentioned | $862 | $291 | $1,465 | 38 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $659 | $659 | not mentioned | $854 | $33 | $2,075 | 49 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $730 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $730 | $1,500 | 9 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $737 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $188 | $1,109 | 13 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $774 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,216 | $367 | $2,895 | 40 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $799 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,211 | $274 | $1,990 | 25 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $830 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $758 | $202 | $1,440 | 189 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $840 | $840 | not mentioned | $1,120 | $304 | $2,015 | 36 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $841 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,305 | $189 | $2,166 | 50 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $889 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,093 | $37 | $1,457 | 528 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $903 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,093 | $37 | $1,457 | 532 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $903 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,093 | $37 | $1,457 | 524 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $904 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,093 | $37 | $1,457 | 552 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $904 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,093 | $37 | $1,457 | 552 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $1,004 | $1,004 | not mentioned | $1,275 | $886 | $1,122 | 2 |
| Elbert Memorial Hospital | ELBERTON | not rated | $1,011 | $1,011 | not mentioned | $377 | $617 | $1,111 | 14 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $1,040 | $1,040 | not mentioned | $778 | $185 | $1,040 | 107 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $1,070 | $1,070 | not mentioned | $5,461 | $208 | $3,849 | 201 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $1,109 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,109 | $402 | $1,720 | 51 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $1,229 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $838 | $450 | $2,514 | 15 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $1,229 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $838 | $176 | $2,514 | 21 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $1,288 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $5,622 | $34 | $5,060 | 134 |
| Emanuel Medical Center | SWAINSBORO | 4/5 | $1,524 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,951 | $36 | $2,601 | 18 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $1,709 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,867 | $61 | $1,867 | 66 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $1,778 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $5,927 | $783 | $5,334 | 35 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $1,885 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $838 | $325 | $2,374 | 16 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $1,899 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $838 | $404 | $2,374 | 17 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $2,054 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,996 | $1,280 | $2,996 | 28 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $2,054 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,996 | $1,252 | $2,996 | 28 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $2,354 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $706 | $3,260 | 15 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $2,409 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $333 | $3,260 | 14 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $2,409 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $248 | $3,260 | 14 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $2,409 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $427 | $3,260 | 16 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $2,463 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $385 | $2,970 | 16 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $2,463 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $436 | $2,717 | 16 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $2,499 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $341 | $3,369 | 16 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $2,499 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $307 | $3,079 | 16 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $2,499 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $334 | $3,079 | 16 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $2,499 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $413 | $3,079 | 16 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $2,536 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $325 | $3,260 | 13 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $2,536 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $393 | $3,079 | 13 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $2,536 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,087 | $354 | $3,079 | 15 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 27 of the 88 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 61 it is higher.

4 of these 97 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Donalsonville Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

## Others in heart & vascular

- [EKG (electrocardiogram), tracing only](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ekg-electrocardiogram-tracing-only) -- 112 hospitals, typically $105
- [Vein ultrasound, one arm or leg](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/vein-ultrasound-one-arm-or-leg) -- 112 hospitals, typically $251
- [Neck artery ultrasound (carotid), both sides](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/neck-artery-ultrasound-carotid-both-sides) -- 111 hospitals, typically $401
- [Vein ultrasound, both arms or both legs](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/vein-ultrasound-both-arms-or-both-legs) -- 111 hospitals, typically $401
- [Echocardiogram with Doppler](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/echocardiogram-with-doppler) -- 109 hospitals, typically $875
- [Abdominal, pelvic or scrotal artery ultrasound](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/abdominal-pelvic-or-scrotal-artery-ultrasound) -- 105 hospitals, typically $434
- [Artery ultrasound, arms and legs](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/artery-ultrasound-arms-and-legs) -- 100 hospitals, typically $302
- [Follow-up heart ultrasound (echocardiogram)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/follow-up-heart-ultrasound-echocardiogram) -- 98 hospitals, typically $350

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Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.