EKG tracing cost in Lima, OH
In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $21.60 to $504.60, with a median of $263.10. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $241.50 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $185.25 at 91 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Lima, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Electrocardiogram Tracing | $21.60 | $24.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Electrocardiogram Complete | $21.60 | $24.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Ekg Recording - Ctc | $433.80 | $482.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Ekg Recording - Med Park | $433.80 | $482.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Ekg Recording - Occ Health | $433.80 | $482.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Ekg 12 Leads Tracing (Ped Medp | $433.80 | $482.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Ekg 12 Leads Tracing Only(Peds | $433.80 | $482.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC >= 12 Lead Ekg | $504.60 | $841.00 | $132.00–$134.64 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $21.60, median $263.10, highest $504.60 — a 23.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $21.60. 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 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.
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.
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OHElectrocardiogram Report | $11.70 | file |