Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93005 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EKG tracing cost in Williston, ND — inpatient

In Williston, ND, 1 hospital lists a cash price for electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $118.90 to $118.90, with a median of $118.90. Across North Dakota, the median is $155.79 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 93005, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$118.90Mercy Medical Center
Median$118.90half pay less
Highest$118.90in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Williston, ND.

median
Lowest $118.90Highest $120.06

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Medical Center lowest Williston, ND · (701) 774-7400 EKG 12 LEAD TRACE EKG $118.90 $205.00 $123.00–$192.70 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center Williston, ND · (701) 774-7400 EKG 12 LEAD TRACE $120.06 $207.00 $124.20–$194.58 42% Feb 28, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $118.90, median $118.90, highest $118.90.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $118.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 and 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.

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.

Mercy Medical Center Williston, NDEKG 12 LEAD TRACE RC FAC $10.44 file