Echocardiogram with and without contrast Cost in Lincoln, NE

Prices at 3 hospitals in Lincoln, NE, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $627 — 3% above the US median ($611), roughly 6.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
CHI Health St. Elizabeth	Lincoln, NE	$577	$588	★ 4/5	162 min	15.0%
CHI Health Nebraska Heart	Lincoln, NE	$627	$331	★ 4/5	—	13.3%
Bryan Medical Center	Lincoln, NE	$982	$982	★ 3/5	117 min	14.7%

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)

$1,364

Cash / self-pay

$627

Insurer-negotiated

$588

Medicare pays

$101

$587$911

Median cash $627 · Medicare $101 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $627 — about 6.2× 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 $1,364 list price could save about $737 (54%).

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Doctors who perform this in Lincoln

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
Zachary Singsank, DO	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	205
Brock Cookman, D.O.	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	136
Steven Martin, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	128
Scott Schroeder, APRN-BC	Nurse Practitioner	Lincoln, NE	97
Matthew Johnson, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	95
Rajeev Anchan, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	81
Todd Tessendorf, M.D.	Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	68
Douglas Netz, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	58
Rebecca Rundlett, MD	Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	52
Joshua Miller, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	Lincoln, NE	51
Natraj Katta, MD	Interventional Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	38
Hemantha Koduri, MD	Cardiology	Lincoln, NE	34

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