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Screening ECG, 12 Leads, Tracing Only

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0404

Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report, performed as a screening for the initial preventive physical examination

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Screening ECG, 12 Leads, Tracing Only cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $100 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.17$5.75 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$85.11 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $52 to $182Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $100professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.74

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Massachusetts than in New York. 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$6.46

MA $15.49NY $4.79

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.