Cardiac stress test Cost in Denver, CO (2026)

Prices at 4 hospitals in Denver, CO, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $2,499 — 238% above the US median ($740), roughly 63.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
National Jewish Health	Denver, CO	$717	$666	—	—	—
HCA Healthone Presbyterian St Luke's	Denver, CO	$4,281	$1,991	★ 2/5	117 min	15.4%
HCA Healthone Rose	Denver, CO	$4,548	$2,401	★ 4/5	129 min	14.6%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated July 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$2,653

Cash / self-pay

$2,499

Insurer-negotiated

$1,328

Medicare pays

$39

$384$4,468

Median cash $2,499 · Medicare $39 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $2,499 — about 63.9× the Medicare rate ($39). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($78).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,653 list price could save about $154 (6%).

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Doctors who perform this in Denver

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Andrew Prouse, M.D.	Cardiology	Denver, CO	120
Sam Rougas, MD	Internal Medicine	Denver, CO	108
Gregory Sprung, MD	Cardiology	Denver, CO	106
Sameer Mehta, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Denver, CO	103
Paul Jurgens	Cardiology	Denver, CO	87
Toni Standley, N.P.	Nurse Practitioner	Denver, CO	73
Ryan Cotter, M.D.	Cardiology	Denver, CO	69
Andrew Freeman, MD	Cardiology	Denver, CO	64
Howard Weinberger, MD	Cardiology	Denver, CO	56
Ryan Cotter, M.D.	Cardiology	Denver, CO	51
Christopher Fine, M.D.	Cardiology	Denver, CO	50
Jennifer Jarvie, M.D.	Cardiology	Denver, CO	48

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