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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

Missouri 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$8.71$7.59 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$8.32 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $525Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $12professional $9

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
$16.22
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 19th of 51

$8.71

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.