CMS Price Transparency Data

Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only)

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor

Billing Code: 93005 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$151

about 2.5× the $60 Medicare rate · typically $11–$203

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$158

About the fair price

about $7 over the fair price · 2.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $60 Fair price $151 This hospital $158 Cash price $316 Hospital's list price $526

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $9 Priciest $158

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

A fair price for a Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only) is about $151 (about 2.5× the $60 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor charges insurers about $158, or about $316 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Taylor, TX.

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	$259 - $291	430%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$116 - $190	192%
Aetnamajor	$892	1480%
Cignamajor	$270 - $317	448%
Humanamajor	$342 - $368	567%
Baylor Scott & White	$105 - $225	174%
Cigna HealthSpring	$116	192%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$116 - $421

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

Excludes 7 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 (about 316), 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 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor 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 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center -Taylor

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