Echocardiogram with and without contrast Cost in San Antonio, TX

Prices at 5 hospitals in San Antonio, TX, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,310 — 114% above the US median ($611), roughly 12.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
University Health System	San Antonio, TX	$257	$340	★ 3/5	374 min	15.1%
South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital	San Antonio, TX	$549	$239	—	132 min	14.4%
Methodist Hospital	San Antonio, TX	$2,071	$414	★ 4/5	134 min	15.8%
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak	San Antonio, TX	$2,071	$414	★ 4/5	172 min	15.4%

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 August 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)

$1,550

Cash / self-pay

$1,310

Insurer-negotiated

$340

Medicare pays

$101

$345$2,071

Median cash $1,310 · Medicare $101 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,310 — about 12.9× the Medicare rate ($101). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($202).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,550 list price could save about $240 (15%).

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Doctors who perform this in San Antonio

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
John Erikson, MD	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	83
Anatole Trakhtenbroit, MD	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	68
Mahek Shah, MD	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	56
Ildiko Agoston, M.D.	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	43
Kiran Cheruku, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	42
Jason Phillips, MD	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	40
Michael Kwan, M.D.	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	38
Prince Otchere, MD	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	35
Noah Greene, M.D.	Internal Medicine	San Antonio, TX	35
Vikas Bhalla, MD	Internal Medicine	San Antonio, TX	32
Sartaj Hans, MD	Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	31
Tamer Amer, D.O.	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	San Antonio, TX	30

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