EKG tracing cost in Syracuse, NY
In Syracuse, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $165.00 to $202.15, with a median of $183.58. The lowest listed price is at Crouse Hospital — $18.58 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $136.20 at 65 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93005, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 Syracuse, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crouse Hospital lowest Syracuse, NY · (315) 470-7449 93005 ECG ROUTINE ECG W/LEAST 12 LDS TRCG ONLY W/O | $165.00 | $165.00 | — | — | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Ecg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $202.15 | $311.00 | $7.58–$279.90 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Ecg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $696.15 | — | $7.58–$49,960.65 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $165.00, median $183.58, highest $202.15 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $183.58. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93005 ($182.65). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NYPR Ecg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $17.00 | file |