EKG tracing cost in Grand Rapids, MN
In Grand Rapids, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $93.23 to $195.84, with a median of $144.54. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital — $51.31 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $165.42 at 53 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 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 Grand Rapids, MN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC EKG 12 LEAD, TRACING ONLY, SUBSEQUENT - ED ONLY | $93.23 | $219.35 | $55.40–$396.32 | 57% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Deer River Deer River, MN · (218) 246-4200 ECG 12 LEAD, TRACING ONLY | $195.84 | $265.00 | $101.73–$265.00 | 26% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Deer River Deer River, MN · (218) 246-4200 ECG 12 LEAD, TRACING | $195.84 | $265.00 | $101.73–$265.00 | 26% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $93.23, median $144.54, highest $195.84 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $144.54. 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 2 of 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93005 ($182.65). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MNHC EKG 12 LEAD, TRACING ONLY | $12.75 | file |