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Heart Rhythm Tracing With A Written Reading

Iowa rates for HCPCS 93040

A short recording of the heart's electrical activity taken with a small number of leads on the chest, focused on the rhythm rather than a full picture of the heart. A clinician then reviews the tracing and writes a report of what it shows. It is used to check on an irregular heartbeat, palpitations, or the effect of a medication.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heart Rhythm Tracing With A Written Reading cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.45 to $60.26.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $72
$10$20$50$100professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$19.50

MN $30.20SC $12.59

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.