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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

New Mexico 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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$7.94$6.31 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$8.13 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $32
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $11professional $8

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
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 28th of 51

$7.94

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.