[okkev68]

Echo/ultra sounds are pretty inexpensive and will detect the most common cause of young athletes dying during a sporting event - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It will detect valve leakage and how bad the leakage is. It can also detect thin or suspect areas in your heart walls.

I have one every year. Both my sons and my sister have had one, and my daughter will have one sometime before she turns 18. I have mild HCM, which runs in families, so all my blood relatives have to be tested.

Unfortunately, brain aneurysms are hard to detect and almost always are only discovered when they blow.

[ErnBatavia]

I don’t recall what the total billed amount was, since (fortunately) Medicare and my Plan F supplemental fully covered both.