EKG tracing cost in Eureka, CA
In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $90.27 to $369.24, with a median of $229.76. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $139.49 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $338.00 at 103 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC PR 93005 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R RHC | $90.27 | $177.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $291.21 | $571.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $369.24 | $724.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $90.27, median $229.76, highest $369.24 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $330.23. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.