Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Massena, NY — inpatient

In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $160.57 to $250.90, with a median of $238.45. The lowest listed price is at Slhs Massena — $77.88 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $136.20 at 65 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$160.57Slhs Massena
Median$238.45half pay less
Highest$250.90in this market
Difference1.6×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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.

median
Lowest $160.57Highest $250.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Slhs Massena lowest Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC 93005 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM_TRACING ONLY_ WO INTER_REPORT $160.57 $247.03 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC 93005 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM_TRACING ONLY_ WO INTER_REPORT $238.45 $366.85 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur, NY · (315) 287-1000 HC 93005 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM_TRACING ONLY_ WO INTER_REPORT $250.90 $386.00 — 35% —
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Inpatient: lowest $160.57, median $238.45, highest $250.90 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $238.45 — 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.