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ECG Reading, Rhythm Strip Interpretation Only

Rhode Island 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 4 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$9.33$6.61 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$15.14 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $43Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$10$20facility $17professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 14th of 51

$9.33

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.