EKG cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 11 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) with interpretation: from $106.40 to $593.00, with a median of $179.00. The lowest listed price is at Melrosewakefield Healthcare — $72.60 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $160.00 at 13 hospitals.
- The median here, $179.00, is 98% above the US median of $90.31.
- That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- 9 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code 93000, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and May 18, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare lowest Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Ecg Routine File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $106.40 | $152.00 | $39.08–$530.75 | 30% |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA · (978) 463-1000 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $120.00 | $120.00 | — | — |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · (617) 754-5800 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $150.00 | $150.00 | — | — |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $160.00 | $160.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton, MA · (617) 696-4600 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $160.00 | $160.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth, MA · (508) 746-2000 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $179.00 | $179.00 | — | — |
| Emerson Hospital Concord, MA · (978) 369-1400 PED EKG 12 LEADS TRACING File of May 18, 2026 · source file | $186.75 | $249.00 | $38.14–$249.00 | 25% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA · (781) 453-3002 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $189.00 | $189.00 | — | — |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $204.00 | $204.00 | — | — |
| Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge, MA · (617) 492-3500 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $219.00 | $219.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 667-7000 HC ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS W/I&R File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $593.00 | $593.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $106.40, median $179.00, highest $593.00 — a 5.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $179.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What EKG is, what the price covers and why prices differ: EKG explained.