ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation
Standard resting electrocardiogram with interpretation. Used routinely to screen for arrhythmia and ischemia.
Typical insured price · Colorado
What hospitals actually accept from insurers, between the 25th and 75th percentile — half of negotiated rates fall in this window with a median of $14.
Cash price (median)
$227
What you'd pay self-pay
Gross charge (median)
$302
The chargemaster sticker
vs Medicare
—
Coming with enrichment
Sourced from 27 Colorado hospitals publishing under 45 CFR §180.50.
At a glance
- Code
- CPT 93000
- Code system
- CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)
- Typical setting
- an outpatient setting
- Hospitals reporting
- 27
How they price ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation
Across 27 Colorado hospitals that publish a commercial negotiated rate for CPT 93000, the typical insured price for ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation runs $14 to $24 (the 25th-to-75th percentile of per-hospital medians). The Colorado median is $14 — half of reporting hospitals are at or below that figure. The median discounted cash price across the same hospitals is $227, against a median gross charge of $302.
What affects the price
Structural and contractual factors that move the price for this code — not clinical reasons.
- · Outpatient setting (hospital outpatient department, ambulatory surgery center, or office) is the single biggest non-clinical price driver — the same code in a hospital outpatient department often costs 2–4× the ambulatory-surgery-center rate.
- · In-network vs out-of-network status — out-of-network claims rarely use the negotiated rates shown here.
- · Facility fee — many hospitals add a separate facility fee in addition to the procedure rate; ask explicitly when calling.
- · Bundled vs unbundled billing — the rate may or may not include radiology read, anaesthesia, or pathology. Ask which professional services are included.
Where to get it
Sorted by median negotiated rate, low to high. The bar shows each hospital’s position in the Colorado range.
27 hospitals
| Hospital | Position · Median | Negotiated band | Cash | Payers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Commonspirit St Francis Hospital Interquest
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 9 |
Commonspirit St Anthony Hospital Lakewood
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 6 |
Commonspirit St Anthony North Hospital
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 11 |
Commonspirit St Mary Corwin Hospital Pueblo
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 10 |
Commonspirit St Anthony Summit Medical Center
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 8 |
Commonspirit St Francis Hospital
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 10 |
Commonspirit St Elizabeth Hospital Fort Morgan
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 8 |
Commonspirit Mercy Hospital Durango
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 10 |
Commonspirit Orthocolorado Hospital
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 9 |
Uchealth Yampa Valley Medical Center Steamboat Springs
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 8 |
Uchealth Greeley Hospital
| $14 | $14 – $55 | — | 8 |
Uchealth Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland
| $14 | $14 – $68 | — | 8 |
Uchealth University of Colorado Hospital Aurora
| $14 | $14 – $84 | — | 9 |
Uchealth Grandview Hospital Colorado Springs
| $14 | $14 – $66 | — | 8 |
Uchealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
| $14 | $14 – $68 | — | 8 |
Commonspirit Longmont United Hospital
| $14 | $14 – $14 | — | 11 |
Uchealth Poudre Valley Hospital Fort Collins
| $14 | $14 – $68 | — | 8 |
Boulder Community Health Foothills Hospital
| $18 | $15 – $24 | — | 16 |
Uchealth Longs Peak Hospital Longmont
| $23 | $14 – $67 | — | 8 |
Uchealth Parkview Medical Center Pueblo
| $24 | $14 – $104 | — | 7 |
Uchealth Memorial Hospital Central Colorado Springs
| $24 | $14 – $86 | — | 8 |
Uchealth Memorial Hospital North Colorado Springs
| $24 | $14 – $86 | — | 8 |
Denver Health Medical Center
| $26 | $16 – $28 | — | 4 |
Children S Hospital Colorado Colorado Springs
| $29 | $29 – $29 | — | 1 |
Pikes Peak Regional Hospital Woodland Park
| $89 | $77 – $96 | — | 2 |
Commonspirit St Thomas More Hospital Ca on City
| $120 | $120 – $120 | — | 1 |
| Uchealth Estes Valley Medical Center Estes Park Gross charge $302
| $287 | $148 – $287 | $227 | 15 |
Common questions
Short answers, derived from the data on this page. See the full FAQ for site-wide questions.
- What is the typical price for ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation in Colorado?
- Across 27 Colorado hospitals reporting a commercial negotiated rate for CPT 93000, the 25th-to-75th percentile band runs $14 to $24 per hospital median. The 50th-percentile (Colorado median) is $14.
- Why is the price range for ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation so wide?
- Hospitals negotiate differently with different insurers, the procedure can be performed in different settings (hospital outpatient, ambulatory, inpatient), and in-network status varies plan-by-plan. The 1.7× spread between the 25th and 75th percentile in the data reflects those structural differences, not clinical ones.
- What's the cash price for ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation if I don't have insurance?
- The median discounted cash price across reporting Colorado hospitals is $227. Hospitals are required to offer a self-pay rate that's often less than the gross "chargemaster" charge but typically more than the lowest negotiated rate — the per-hospital table on this page shows the full spread.
- What does CPT 93000 mean?
- CPT 93000 is the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) code for ECG, Resting 12-Lead with Interpretation. It identifies the procedure for billing and price-disclosure purposes — every hospital's MRF reports rates against this code.
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