CPT 93281

External Electrocardiographic Monitoring

Current code36 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicaid managed care: Rate for an Apple Health managed-care plan. Applies only to members of that plan.

Prices for CPT 93281 by hospital
Hospital	Medicaid managed care rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland	—	$67.20	$84.00
EvergreenHealth MonroeMonroe	$41.251 plan	$79.20 – $81.60	$99.00 – $102
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$102	$145
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichlandFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$46.20	$66.00
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$73.45 – $150Doctor’s fee: $73.45 – $150	$113 – $231Doctor’s fee: $113 – $231
Olympic Medical CenterPort AngelesFile dated 2026-06-24	$33.64 – $36.845 plans	$136	$170
Providence Mount Carmel HospitalColvilleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$112	$160
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	$80.80 – $24413 plansDoctor’s fee: $24.06 – $25.70	$171 – $749	$171 – $749Doctor’s fee: $126
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon	$1.341 plan	$132	$165
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$109	$227
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$109	$227
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$109	$227
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$92.02	$131
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$75.48	$148
Yakima Valley MemorialYakimaFile dated 2026-08-27	—	$50.40	$126

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $96.18 in an office; $96.18 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $85.73 in an office; $85.73 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $38.13 (APC 5741)

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 93281:

93281P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)
93281T (with a letter after it, T; 1 price line)