Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Little Rock, AR — inpatient

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $24.90 to $67.88, with a median of $46.39. The lowest listed price is at St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center — $21.49 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $105.19 at 27 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$24.90St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center
Median$46.39half pay less
Highest$67.88in this market
Difference2.7×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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.

median
Lowest $24.90Highest $67.88

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM $24.90 $97.00 — 74% Feb 28, 2026
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St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 LC EKG TRACING ONLY $34.90 $136.00 — 74% Feb 28, 2026
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St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM $67.88 $267.00 — 75% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $24.90, median $46.39, highest $67.88 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $66.00 — 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.