EKG tracing cost in Santa Rosa, CA — inpatient
In Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $156.57 to $397.29, with a median of $273.53. The lowest listed price is at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — $116.96 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $338.00 at 103 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 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.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital lowest Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $156.57 | $307.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg, CA · (707) 431-6500 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $166.26 | $326.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 571-4000 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O I&R | $380.80 | $680.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC ECG 12 LEAD TRACING ONLY | $397.29 | $779.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $156.57, median $273.53, highest $397.29 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $273.53 — 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.