Average total cost, sometimes referred to as the per unit total cost, is the per unit cost. This includes fixed costs, those costs that are required for production but do not change based on output, and variable costs, those costs that increase (or decrease) as output increases (or decreases).
The basic stress test involves walking on a treadmill while your electrocardiogram (EKG) is continuously monitored for changes that may indicate a blocked artery to the heart. However, there are options if you are unable to walk on a treadmill or if your EKG is already abnormal at rest. The existing options include: imaging stress tests -- echocardiographic or nuclear -- and pharmacologic stress tests -- adenosine and dobutamine.
Most echos can run from $500 to $1000 dollars depending upon what they do. An Echo with Doppler will run you above $500. A transesophageal echo is more around the $1000 mark or higher because of medications that are used to sedate you, but I don't believe you had that. have high-deductible insurance ($2500) and I had to go for an echocardiogram and a pulmonary function test yesterday at the hospital affiliated with my regular doctor. He said the tests together should cost a few hundred dollars. When I got to outpatient services, they billing clerk told me...