EKG tracing cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $41.58 to $114.20, with a median of $41.58. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $271.92 at 102 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 93005, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SISD EKG ROUTINE | $41.58 | $207.90 | $5.79–$163.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SISD EKG ROUTINE | $41.58 | $207.90 | $5.79–$163.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 CET EKG | $43.65 | $218.26 | $5.79–$163.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CET EKG | $43.65 | $218.26 | $5.79–$163.38 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH 18 LEAD EKG | $53.47 | $267.34 | $5.79–$176.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EDN EKG ROUTINE | $56.14 | $280.70 | $5.79–$185.26 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ER EKG ROUTINE | $56.14 | $280.70 | $5.79–$185.26 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ER EKG ROUTINE | $56.14 | $280.70 | $5.79–$185.26 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EDN EKG ROUTINE | $56.14 | $280.70 | $5.79–$185.26 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EDE EKG ROUTINE | $56.83 | $284.17 | $5.79–$187.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EDE EKG ROUTINE | $56.83 | $284.17 | $5.79–$187.55 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH EKG ROUTINE TEST | $67.66 | $338.30 | $5.79–$223.28 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EKG ROUTINE TEST | $71.04 | $355.22 | $5.79–$234.45 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EKG ROUTINE TEST | $71.04 | $355.22 | $5.79–$234.45 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 RESP - EKG ROUTINE | $114.20 | $571.00 | $5.37–$456.80 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 EKG ROUTINE | $114.20 | $571.00 | $5.37–$456.80 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $41.58, median $41.58, highest $114.20 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $41.58. 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 3 of 3 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 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.