EKG tracing cost in Los Angeles, CA — inpatient
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 29 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $100.00 to $876.41, with a median of $330.75. The lowest listed price is at Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center — $230.75 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $338.00 at 103 hospitals.
Cash prices at 29 facilities across 19 cities for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Jul 27, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center lowest Los Angeles, CA · (213) 666-0171 EKG WITHOUT INT | $100.00 | $100.00 | — | — | — source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 EKG TRACE ONLY | $108.00 | $270.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $108.00 | $270.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 EKG TRACE ONLY | $108.00 | $270.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 EKG TRACE ONLY | $108.00 | $270.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $170.88 | $356.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $191.80 | $548.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $195.65 | $559.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $195.65 | $559.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $221.20 | $632.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $288.48 | $601.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $291.36 | $607.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 PULM-EKG:ROUTINE | $297.85 | $851.00 | $638.25–$851.00 | 65% | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $323.75 | $925.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $330.75 | $945.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $338.00 | $650.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 HB ROUTINE ECG | $465.08 | $715.51 | $73.96–$9,712.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 EKG TRACE ONLY | $588.40 | $1,471.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Electrocardiogram Tracing | $667.25 | $667.25 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Electrocardiogram Tracing | $719.50 | $719.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB ROUTINE ECG | $876.41 | $1,348.33 | $73.96–$14,761.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $100.00, median $330.75, highest $876.41 — a 8.8× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 31 facilities here, median $323.75 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
| UCI Health-Orange Orange, CAHB ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $13.60 | file |