Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Astoria, OR — inpatient

In Astoria, OR, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $372.00 to $372.00, with a median of $372.00. Across Oregon, the median is $235.72 at 39 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$372.00Providence Seaside Hospital
Median$372.00half pay less
Highest$372.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside, OR · (503) 717-7000 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $372.00 $496.00 — 25% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $372.00, median $372.00, highest $372.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $24.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This code is the EKG recording itself, without the doctor's interpretation. It is the code hospitals use for their part of an EKG, while the doctor bills the reading separately (93010). Clinics bill the whole test under 93000.

What the price covers

The price covers recording the tracing. The doctor's interpretation is billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93005 ($182.65). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Providence Seaside Hospital Seaside, ORHC PR 93005 OM FAA CLASS 1 EKG $18.00 file