CPT 93242 · 1,190 hospitals reporting

Heart rhythm recording continous external ekg over more than 48 hours up to 7 days

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,449 at another — a 29× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $156.

Cheapest published

$50

175 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,190 hospitals

$156

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$1,449

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

445 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$445	$156	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$445	$156	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$445	$156	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$445	$156	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$445	$156	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$245	$154	$172	$238	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$245	$154	$103	$238	5 insurers
WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$559	$153	$61.49	$514	5 insurers
WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$559	$153	$14.03	$18,884	5 insurers
MERCY SAN JUAN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$559	$153	$61.49	$464	5 insurers
MERCY SAN JUAN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$559	$153	$12.89	$16,950	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM	IA	$691	$159	—	—	5 insurers
DICKENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$691	$159	—	—	5 insurers
LEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$691	$159	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$321	$161	—	—	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$559	$161	$419	$464	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$559	$161	$12.89	$17,563	5 insurers
KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE	MD	$188	$150	—	—	0 insurers
CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$521	$162	$15.59	$469	5 insurers
MORRISTOWN HAMBLEN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$521	$162	$15.59	$469	5 insurers
ROANE MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$521	$162	$15.59	$469	5 insurers
METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE	TN	$521	$162	$15.59	$469	5 insurers
LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$521	$162	$15.59	$469	5 insurers
FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$521	$162	$15.59	$469	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON HEALTH	NC	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL	TN	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	VA	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
SMYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$1,079	$162	—	—	5 insurers