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Heart Rhythm Tracing With A Written Reading

South Carolina 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.02 to $14.13.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $23
$10$20$50professional $13

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
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.89

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 51st of 51

$12.59

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.