Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Lakeland, FL — inpatient

In Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $279.20 to $712.43, with a median of $437.29. The lowest listed price is at Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital — $158.09 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $348.88 at 74 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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$279.20Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital
Median$437.29half pay less
Highest$712.43in this market
Difference2.6×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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL.

median
Lowest $279.20Highest $712.43

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital lowest Lakeland, FL Hb Electrocardiogram, Tracing $279.20 $698.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL · (863) 676-1433 HC ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, TRACING - ECG 12-LEAD $437.29 $437.29 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Heart of Florida Davenport, FL · (863) 422-4971 HC ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, TRACING - ECG 12-LEAD $712.43 $712.43 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $279.20, median $437.29, highest $712.43 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $437.29 — 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.