Echocardiogram with and without contrast Cost in Bangor, ME

Prices at 3 hospitals in Bangor, ME, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $409 — 33% below the US median ($610), roughly 4.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
St Joseph Hospital	Bangor, ME	$409	$277	★ 3/5	186 min	—

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 October 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)

$1,571

Cash / self-pay

$409

Insurer-negotiated

$65

Medicare pays

$101

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $409 — about 4.0× 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 $1,571 list price could save about $1,162 (74%).

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Doctors who perform this in Bangor

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
Eddy Karnabi, MD PHD	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	96
Chae Choi, MD	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	83
Anas Mansour, M.D	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	75
Alan Jansujwicz, M.D.	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	60
Sverrir Gunnarsson, M.D.	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	55
Zelmira Curillova-Chavko, MD	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	51
Jims Jean-Jacques, D.O	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	49
Amina Qazi, DO, PHARMD	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	49
Thorarinn Bjarnason, MD	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	48
Christopher Lang, M.D.	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	39
Spyridon Akrivakis, M.D.	Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Bangor, ME	19
Malachy Sullivan, M.D.	Cardiology	Bangor, ME	14

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