CMS Price Transparency Data

Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only)

Facility: Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center

Billing Code: 93005 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$21

about 0.3× the $60 Medicare rate · typically $9–$57

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$13

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $8 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $60 Fair price $21 This hospital $13 Hospital's list price $40

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

A typical price — 2 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 IA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $9 Priciest $15

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only) is about $21 (about 0.3× the $60 Medicare rate). Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center charges insurers about $13 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Waterloo, IA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$5 - $1,390	8%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$5 - $136	8%
Aetnamajor	$5 - $125	8%
Cignamajor	$5 - $148	8%
Humanamajor	$5 - $16	8%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$13 - $136	22%
Ambetter (Centene)	$9 - $215	15%
Clover Health	$5 - $6	8%
GEHA	$18 - $1,390	30%
Health Net	$13 - $40	22%
HealthPartners	$11 - $137	18%
Medica	$148	246%
Medical Mutual	$125	207%
Meridian	$5 - $16	8%
Molina	$13 - $16	22%
Oscar Health	$10 - $196	17%
Paramount	$13 - $16	22%
Presbyterian	$5 - $16	8%
Sanford Health Plan	$10 - $11	17%
Tufts Health Plan	$13 - $16	22%
UCare	$10 - $12	17%
WellMed	$5 - $6	8%
WellSense	$13 - $16	22%
+ 359 smaller / regional plans	$5 - $257

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 17 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price, before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 93005.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 93005.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center

Compare: Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only) at other IA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.