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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

Alaska rates for HCPCS 93042

This is the physician's interpretation and written report of a short heart rhythm tracing, without the physician also performing the recording itself. It is used to quickly check heart rhythm using a small number of electrode leads rather than a full 12-lead tracing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$7.08 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$9.12 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$12.59

MN $13.49DC $6.92

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.