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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

Nebraska 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$10.00$7.59 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$12.02 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $912Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $20professional $10

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
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$70.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.42

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$10.96

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.