# EKG (electrocardiogram), tracing only in GA

Billing code `93005`. Prices for this code at 112 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ekg-electrocardiogram-tracing-only

HC ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, TRACING

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 44 publish a facility charge; 10 publish both, mixed together; 58 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $54 |
| Typical | $105 |
| Dearest tenth | $431 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 8-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $19 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $241 | $8 | $353 | 39 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $20 | $20 | not mentioned | $198 | $16 | $79 | 13 |
| Burke Medical Center | WAYNESBORO | not rated | $26 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $0 | $0 | $52 | 10 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $32 | $38 | $139 | $14 | $56 | 30 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $94 | $7 | $72 | $6 | $135 | 55 |
| Liberty Regional Medical Center | HINESVILLE | not rated | $44 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $198 | $43 | $198 | 6 |
| Monroe County Hospital | FORSYTH | not rated | $47 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $24 | $16 | $94 | 25 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $52 | $52 | not mentioned | $350 | $52 | $78 | 24 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $53 | $53 | not mentioned | $222 | $52 | $54 | 4 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $54 | $54 | not mentioned | not published | $10 | $129 | 8 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $78 | $7 | $191 | $6 | $267 | 304 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $54 | $9 | $152 | $4 | $303 | 413 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $54 | $54 | not mentioned | not published | $52 | $90 | 7 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $54 | $54 | not mentioned | $298 | $53 | $112 | 7 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $55 | $9 | $152 | $5 | $303 | 230 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $57 | $57 | not mentioned | $828 | $55 | $109 | 5 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $57 | $57 | not mentioned | $164 | $41 | $67 | 4 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $58 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $94 | $50 | $140 | 20 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $123 | $7 | $81 | $6 | $138 | 54 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $162 | $20 | $130 | $6 | $320 | 56 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $59 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $68 | $20 | $150 | 38 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $59 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $58 | $6 | $123 | 37 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $110 | $6 | $675 | $6 | $540 | 76 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $60 | $60 | not mentioned | $222 | $58 | $61 | 4 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $60 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $17 | $727 | 48 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $60 | $60 | not mentioned | not published | $57 | $99 | 7 |
| Flint River Community Hospital | MONTEZUMA | not rated | $60 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $185 | $60 | $60 | 6 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $518 | $59 | $65 | 80 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $222 | $59 | $62 | 4 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $270 | $59 | $125 | 7 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $270 | $59 | $125 | 7 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $270 | $59 | $125 | 7 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $61 | $61 | not mentioned | $828 | $59 | $119 | 6 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $62 | $62 | not mentioned | $270 | $60 | $127 | 7 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $62 | $62 | not mentioned | $270 | $60 | $127 | 7 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $62 | $62 | not mentioned | $270 | $60 | $127 | 7 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $62 | $62 | not mentioned | $164 | $51 | $77 | 6 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $63 | $63 | not mentioned | $222 | $61 | $64 | 4 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $63 | $63 | not mentioned | $97 | $52 | $141 | 8 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $63 | $63 | not mentioned | $97 | $52 | $141 | 8 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $64 | $64 | not mentioned | $994 | $61 | $170 | 5 |
| Bleckley Memorial Hospital | COCHRAN | not rated | see split | $66 | $88 | $48 | $6 | $106 | 81 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $72 | $72 | not mentioned | $306 | $52 | $188 | 14 |
| Emanuel Medical Center | SWAINSBORO | 4/5 | $74 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $140 | $36 | $186 | 36 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $79 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $70 | $51 | $109 | 20 |
| Donalsonville Hospital | DONALSONVILLE | not rated | $80 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $94 | $64 | $140 | 21 |
| Jasper Memorial Hospital | MONTICELLO | not rated | $85 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $62 | $54 | $90 | 19 |
| Wills Memorial Hospital | WASHINGTON | not rated | $86 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $95 | $84 | $116 | 14 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | CORDELE | 2/5 | $87 | $87 | not mentioned | $159 | $72 | $94 | 9 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $89 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $50 | $50 | $96 | 27 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $89 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $267 | $14 | $446 | 780 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $98 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $64 | $79 | $115 | 18 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $98 | $98 | not mentioned | $95 | $16 | $900 | 49 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $100 | $100 | not mentioned | $306 | $58 | $226 | 10 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $102 | $102 | not mentioned | $306 | $59 | $226 | 10 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $105 | $105 | not mentioned | $306 | $59 | $226 | 9 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $105 | $105 | not mentioned | $306 | $60 | $234 | 9 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $105 | $105 | not mentioned | $306 | $60 | $228 | 9 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $105 | $105 | not mentioned | $306 | $60 | $225 | 9 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $105 | $105 | not mentioned | $306 | $60 | $225 | 9 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $111 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $114 | $6 | $194 | 26 |
| Union General Hospital | BLAIRSVILLE | 3/5 | $112 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $132 | $37 | $225 | 126 |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | HIAWASSEE | not rated | $113 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $106 | $47 | $181 | 126 |
| Clinch Memorial Hospital | HOMERVILLE | not rated | $115 | $115 | not mentioned | $60 | $96 | $121 | 31 |
| Optim Medical Center - Tattnall | REIDSVILLE | not rated | $119 | $119 | not mentioned | $350 | $119 | $119 | 3 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $123 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $16 | $178 | 64 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $123 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $16 | $178 | 64 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $125 | $125 | not mentioned | $115 | $38 | $159 | 110 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $128 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $491 | $72 | $442 | 24 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $130 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $244 | $25 | $667 | 24 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $140 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $100 | $52 | $424 | 25 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $141 | $141 | not mentioned | $70 | $123 | $375 | 12 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $166 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $58 | $215 | 16 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $167 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $752 | $66 | $677 | 40 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $173 | $173 | not mentioned | $230 | $58 | $392 | 38 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $175 | $175 | not mentioned | $772 | $57 | $451 | 201 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $186 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $51 | $280 | 13 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $192 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $563 | $70 | $507 | 25 |
| Elbert Memorial Hospital | ELBERTON | not rated | see split | $191 | $195 | $160 | $170 | $399 | 44 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $194 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $194 | $70 | $301 | 17 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $196 | $196 | not mentioned | $306 | $173 | $219 | 2 |
| Memorial Hospital and Manor | BAINBRIDGE | 1/5 | $203 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $198 | $48 | $450 | 24 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $215 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $147 | $79 | $440 | 15 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $215 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $147 | $79 | $440 | 21 |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | WARM SPRINGS | not rated | $230 | $230 | not mentioned | $131 | $138 | $262 | 26 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $284 | $284 | not mentioned | $564 | $51 | $284 | 210 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $285 | $285 | not mentioned | $380 | $103 | $683 | 36 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $286 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $304 | $16 | $304 | 110 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $325 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $406 | $6 | $542 | 2,527 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $330 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $147 | $57 | $439 | 16 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $331 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $406 | $6 | $542 | 2,546 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $331 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $406 | $6 | $542 | 2,508 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $332 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $147 | $71 | $439 | 17 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $336 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $406 | $6 | $542 | 2,641 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $336 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $406 | $6 | $542 | 2,641 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $350 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $511 | $218 | $511 | 28 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $350 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $511 | $214 | $511 | 28 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $378 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,259 | $149 | $1,133 | 35 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $395 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,727 | $149 | $1,554 | 81 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $431 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $124 | $570 | 15 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $431 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $75 | $570 | 16 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $435 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $76 | $475 | 16 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $435 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $67 | $520 | 16 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $435 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $43 | $570 | 14 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $435 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $58 | $570 | 14 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $441 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $58 | $539 | 16 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $441 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $54 | $539 | 16 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $441 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $60 | $589 | 16 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $441 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $72 | $539 | 16 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $444 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $62 | $539 | 15 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $444 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $57 | $570 | 13 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $444 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $190 | $69 | $539 | 13 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 34 of the 104 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 70 it is higher.

8 of these 112 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Monroe County Hospital, Jeff Davis Hospital, Jefferson Hospital, Donalsonville Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica, Warm Springs Medical Center.

## Others in heart & vascular

- [Vein ultrasound, one arm or leg](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/vein-ultrasound-one-arm-or-leg) -- 112 hospitals, typically $251
- [Neck artery ultrasound (carotid), both sides](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/neck-artery-ultrasound-carotid-both-sides) -- 111 hospitals, typically $401
- [Vein ultrasound, both arms or both legs](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/vein-ultrasound-both-arms-or-both-legs) -- 111 hospitals, typically $401
- [Echocardiogram with Doppler](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/echocardiogram-with-doppler) -- 109 hospitals, typically $875
- [Abdominal, pelvic or scrotal artery ultrasound](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/abdominal-pelvic-or-scrotal-artery-ultrasound) -- 105 hospitals, typically $434
- [Artery ultrasound, arms and legs](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/artery-ultrasound-arms-and-legs) -- 100 hospitals, typically $302
- [Follow-up heart ultrasound (echocardiogram)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/follow-up-heart-ultrasound-echocardiogram) -- 98 hospitals, typically $350
- [Cardiac stress test](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/cardiac-stress-test) -- 97 hospitals, typically $475

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Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-01; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.