EKG tracing cost in Urban Honolulu, HI — inpatient
In Urban Honolulu, HI, 3 hospitals list a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $238.80 to $276.00, with a median of $265.80. The lowest listed price is at Pali Momi Medical Center — $27.00 less than the median here. Across Hawaii, the median is $249.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 12, 2026 and Feb 12, 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 Urban Honolulu, HI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pali Momi Medical Center lowest Aiea, HI · (808) 486-6000 EKG/ECG 12 LEAD,TRACING ONLY,W/O INT/RPT-TECH | $238.80 | $398.00 | $298.50–$338.30 | 40% | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| Pali Momi Medical Center Aiea, HI · (808) 486-6000 EKG ROUTNE 12 LEAD W/O INT/RPT | $243.00 | $405.00 | $303.75–$344.25 | 40% | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children Honolulu, HI · (808) 983-6000 EKG/ECG 12 LEAD,TRACING ONLY,W/O INT/RPT-TECH | $265.80 | $443.00 | $129.36–$398.70 | 40% | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| Straub Clinic & Hospital Honolulu, HI · (808) 522-4000 EKG/ECG 12 LEAD,TRACING ONLY,W/O INT/RPT-TECH | $276.00 | $460.00 | $345.00–$391.00 | 40% | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $238.80, median $265.80, highest $276.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $252.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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.
2 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.
| Pali Momi Medical Center Aiea, HIEKG/ECG 12 LEAD, TRACING ONLY W/O I&R | $16.80 | file |
| Straub Clinic & Hospital Honolulu, HIEKG/ECG 12 LEAD, TRACING ONLY W/O I&R | $16.80 | file |