EKG tracing cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $380.80 to $1,032.00, with a median of $499.50. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose and 1 other hospital — $118.70 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $338.00 at 103 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 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 Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $380.80 | $680.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $380.80 | $680.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC EKG - HOSPITAL | $499.50 | $1,998.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Ecg Hosp | $724.00 | $1,810.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Ekg Pediatric | $1,032.00 | $2,064.00 | $871.01–$1,073.28 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA · (650) 497-8000 HC Triplicate Ekg Research Only | $1,033.50 | $2,067.00 | $872.27–$1,074.84 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $380.80, median $499.50, highest $1,032.00 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $440.15. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.