EKG tracing cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 8 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $42.00 to $428.00, with a median of $200.31. The lowest listed price is at The Miriam Hospital — $158.31 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $292.00 at 6 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 7 cities 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Miriam Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC PR ELECTROCARD ROUTINE ECG W LEAST 12 LEADS TRACING ONLY | $42.00 | $42.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Landmark Medical Center Woonsocket, RI · (401) 769-4100 Hc Electrocardiogram, Tracing | $66.00 | $308.00 | $26.48–$308.00 | 79% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| South County Health Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | $156.00 | $260.00 | $12.18 | 40% | — source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC EKG | $181.09 | $181.09 | — | — | — source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC EKG | $219.53 | $219.53 | — | — | — source file |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital East Providence, RI · (401) 432-1000 HC EKG | $428.00 | $428.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC EKG | $428.00 | $428.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC EKG | $428.00 | $428.00 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC EKG | $428.00 | $428.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $42.00, median $200.31, highest $428.00 — a 10.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $323.77. 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 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.