Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Florence, AL — inpatient

In Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $202.50 to $202.50, with a median of $202.50. Across Alabama, the median is $126.90 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$202.50Helen Keller Hospital
Median$202.50half pay less
Highest$202.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.

median
Lowest $202.50Highest $477.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Helen Keller Hospital lowest Sheffield, AL · (256) 386-4556 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TRACING $202.50 $202.50 $50.84–$202.50 — —
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Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield, AL · (256) 386-4556 OPSVC-ECG TRACING ONLY W/O INT $477.00 $477.00 $50.84–$372.06 — —
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Inpatient: lowest $202.50, median $202.50, highest $202.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $202.50 — 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.