EKG tracing cost in Tucson, AZ
In Tucson, AZ, 2 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge: from $36.10 to $38.93, with a median of $37.52. The lowest listed price is at Banner University Medical Center Tucson — $1.42 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $105.57 at 26 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 2, 2026 and Mar 2, 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 Tucson, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson lowest Tucson, AZ · (520) 874-4189 EKG TRACING ROUTINE 12+ LEADS | $36.10 | $189.00 | $8.68–$220.00 | 81% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson lowest Tucson, AZ · (520) 874-4189 ED EKG TRACING ROUTINE 12+ LEADS | $36.10 | $189.00 | $8.68–$220.00 | 81% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner University Med Center South Tucson, AZ · (520) 874-2000 EKG TRACING ROUTINE 12+ LEADS | $38.93 | $189.00 | $8.68–$220.00 | 79% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner University Med Center South Tucson, AZ · (520) 874-2000 ED EKG TRACING ROUTINE 12+ LEADS | $38.93 | $189.00 | $8.68–$220.00 | 79% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $36.10, median $37.52, highest $38.93 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $37.52. 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 2 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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZHC Pbb Ekg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $6.72 | file |
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZHC Pbb Ekg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $6.72 | file |
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZHC Ekg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $13.44 | file |
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZHC Ekg 12 Lead Tracing Only | $13.44 | file |