Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Lubbock, TX — inpatient

In Lubbock, TX, 6 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $23.10 to $375.90, with a median of $346.95. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Hospital Levelland — $323.85 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $271.92 at 102 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 2 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$23.10Methodist Hospital Levelland
Median$346.95half pay less
Highest$375.90in this market
Difference16.3×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 Lubbock, TX.

median
Lowest $23.10Highest $375.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Methodist Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PR 93005 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R RHC $23.10 $55.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $149.52 $356.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Lubbock Heritage Hospital Lubbock, TX HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $161.70 $385.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Electrocardiogram, Tracing $318.00 $318.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Ekg 12 Lead Tracing $318.00 $318.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $375.90 $895.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $375.90 $895.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY $375.90 $895.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $23.10, median $346.95, highest $375.90 — a 16.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $274.26 — 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.