Echocardiogram with and without contrast Cost in Fresno, CA

Prices at 3 hospitals in Fresno, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,179 — 93% above the US median ($611), roughly 11.6× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Fresno Surgical Hospital	Fresno, CA	$417	$313	—	—	14.4%
Saint Agnes Medical Center	Fresno, CA	$1,179	$427	★ 2/5	244 min	15.9%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Fresno	Fresno, CA	$1,910	—	★ 4/5	—	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)

$2,187

Cash / self-pay

$1,179

Insurer-negotiated

$370

Medicare pays

$101

$569$1,763

Median cash $1,179 · Medicare $101 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,179 — about 11.6× 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 $2,187 list price could save about $1,008 (46%).

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Doctors who perform this in Fresno

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
Usman Javed, MD	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	245
Siri Kunchakarra, M.D.	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	143
Ankit Rathod, MD	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	125
Zaher Fanari, M.D.	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	105
Chandrasekar Palaniswamy, MD	Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Fresno, CA	102
Teresa Daniele, M.D.	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	94
Rohit Sundrani, M.D., FACC, FSCAI	Interventional Cardiology	Fresno, CA	76
Richard Kiel, M.D.	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	65
Manminder Bhullar, MD	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	53
Amin Sabet, M.D	Cardiology	Fresno, CA	52
Kumar Sanam, M.B.B.S.	Interventional Cardiology	Fresno, CA	45
Nareg Kalamkarian, MD	Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	Fresno, CA	39

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