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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

Florida 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 8 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$7.24$6.46 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$14.79 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $6 to $1,778Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$10$100$1Kfacility $1,318professional $7

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
$6.17
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$23.44
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.50
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$14.79
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.24

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th of 51

$7.41

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.