Echocardiogram with and without contrast Cost in Albuquerque, NM

Prices at 4 hospitals in Albuquerque, NM, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $267 — 56% below the US median ($611), roughly 2.6× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Lovelace Medical Center	Albuquerque, NM	$267	$802	★ 2/5	217 min	14.9%
Lovelace Women's Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$267	$802	★ 4/5	199 min	14.0%
Lovelace Westside Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$267	$802	★ 4/5	154 min	15.2%
Unm Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$485	$235	★ 2/5	279 min	15.3%

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)

$891

Cash / self-pay

$267

Insurer-negotiated

$802

Medicare pays

$101

$267$419

Median cash $267 · Medicare $101 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $267 — about 2.6× the Medicare rate ($101). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($202).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $891 list price could save about $624 (70%).

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Doctors who perform this in Albuquerque

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
Mridula Rai, MD	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	54
Adam Banks, M.D.	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	53
Sharif Halim, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	49
Eddie Brown, D.O.	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	48
Paul Andre, M.D.	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	47
Mark Garcia, M.D.	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	46
Guilherme Marin, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	44
Michael Adjei-Poku, MD	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	38
Bharath Yarlagadda, MD	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	38
Jerome Yatskowitz, MD	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	38
Karen Sopko, MD	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	27
Maithili Shenoy, MD	Cardiology	Albuquerque, NM	26

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