Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Eureka, CA — inpatient

In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $291.21 to $369.24, with a median of $330.23. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $39.02 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 inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$291.21Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital
Median$330.23half pay less
Highest$369.24in this market
Difference1.3×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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.

median
Lowest $291.21Highest $369.24

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $291.21 $571.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $369.24 $724.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $291.21, median $330.23, highest $369.24 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $229.76 — 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.