CMS Price Transparency Data

Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only)

Facility: Jefferson Hospital

Billing Code: 93005 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$38

about 0.6× the $60 Medicare rate · typically $7–$54

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $60 Fair price $38 Cash price $183 Hospital's list price $226

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

5 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	$15 - $187	25%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$6 - $94	10%
Aetnamajor	$13 - $139	22%
Cignamajor	$10 - $141	17%
Humanamajor	$61	101%
AmeriHealth	$17 - $60	28%
Geisinger	$17	28%
Medical Mutual	$141	234%
Molina	$62	103%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$5 - $57

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 (about 183), 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 Jefferson Hospital 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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