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Heart Rhythm Tracing With A Written Reading

Montana 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.13 to $23.44.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $58
$20$50professional $17

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
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$29.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$16.60

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.