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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

Minnesota 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$12.59$7.24 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$12.30 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $91Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $20professional $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
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$27.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$13.49

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.