Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Corning, NY — inpatient

In Corning, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $42.78 to $85.85, with a median of $64.32. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $21.54 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $136.20 at 65 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$42.78St. James Hospital
Median$64.32half pay less
Highest$85.85in this market
Difference2.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $42.78Highest $331.97

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 PR ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R $42.78 $71.75 — 40% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Ekg 12 Lead Tracing Only $85.85 $107.31 $5.76–$77.11 20% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 12 Lead Ekg: Tracing Only $331.97 $414.96 $71.70–$298.19 20% —
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Inpatient: lowest $42.78, median $64.32, highest $85.85 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $85.85 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 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.