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Procedure price report · Electrographic cardiac monitoring

Wearable heart rhythm monitor, 7 to 15 days – recording only

CPT 93246the billing code this page is about

Covers hooking up the wearable monitor, recording the heart rhythm for more than 7 days and up to 15 days, and removing the device; analysis and interpretation are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $162 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,053 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $185. Most fall between $67 and $406 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,053
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,053 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$43$81$162$348$597

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($43 vs $597).

How the prices are spread

$29 – $41: 78 hospitals$29$41 – $58: 141 hospitals$58 – $81: 199 hospitals$58$81 – $115: 233 hospitals$115 – $162: 285 hospitals$115$162 – $228: 227 hospitals$228 – $322: 252 hospitals$228$322 – $455: 206 hospitals$455 – $642: 143 hospitals$455$642 – $906: 85 hospitals$642median $162price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,849 of 2,053 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$29$4178
$41$58141
$58$81199
$81$115233
$115$162285
$162$228227
$228$322252
$322$455206
$455$642143
$642$90685

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$38
Median cash price$162
Cash as a multiple of Medicare4.2×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $162.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $111 across 21 hospitalsME$111Vermont: median $101 across 12 hospitalsVT$101New Hampshire: median $287 across 24 hospitalsNH$287Washington: median $165 across 40 hospitalsWA$165Idaho: median $196 across 18 hospitalsID$196Montana: median $60 across 20 hospitalsMT$60North Dakota: median $122 across 29 hospitalsND$122Minnesota: median $174 across 83 hospitalsMN$174Illinois: median $256 across 85 hospitalsIL$256Wisconsin: median $179 across 67 hospitalsWI$179Michigan: median $112 across 76 hospitalsMI$112New York: median $80 across 64 hospitalsNY$80Massachusetts: median $244 across 38 hospitalsMA$244Oregon: median $251 across 49 hospitalsOR$251Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $278 across 36 hospitalsSD$278Iowa: median $254 across 77 hospitalsIA$254Indiana: median $313 across 75 hospitalsIN$313Ohio: median $224 across 91 hospitalsOH$224Pennsylvania: median $75 across 71 hospitalsPA$75New Jersey: median $48 across 34 hospitalsNJ$48Connecticut: median $139 across 17 hospitalsCT$139Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $193 across 112 hospitalsCA$193Utah: median $145 across 30 hospitalsUT$145Colorado: median $229 across 52 hospitalsCO$229Nebraska: median $451 across 65 hospitalsNE$451Missouri: median $128 across 47 hospitalsMO$128Kentucky: median $82 across 50 hospitalsKY$82West Virginia: median $89 across 35 hospitalsWV$89Virginia: median $162 across 48 hospitalsVA$162Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $186 across 18 hospitalsNM$186Kansas: median $210 across 45 hospitalsKS$210Arkansas: median $42 across 24 hospitalsAR$42Tennessee: median $159 across 43 hospitalsTN$159North Carolina: median $151 across 63 hospitalsNC$151South Carolina: median $212 across 28 hospitalsSC$212Oklahoma: median $62 across 35 hospitalsOK$62Louisiana: median $73 across 25 hospitalsLA$73Mississippi: median $88 across 29 hospitalsMS$88Alabama: median $102 across 14 hospitalsAL$102Georgia: median $131 across 55 hospitalsGA$131Hawaii: median $118 across 15 hospitalsHI$118Texas: median $198 across 91 hospitalsTX$198Florida: median $408 across 56 hospitalsFL$408
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $162. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE65$451+179%$122 – $672
Florida FL56$408+152%$165 – $562
Indiana IN75$313+93%$86 – $900
New Hampshire NH24$287+77%$179 – $479
South Dakota SD36$278+72%$170 – $670
Illinois IL85$256+58%$100 – $543
Iowa IA77$254+57%$100 – $508
Oregon OR49$251+55%$38 – $344
Massachusetts MA38$244+51%$201 – $906
Colorado CO52$229+42%$103 – $1,449
Ohio OH91$224+39%$147 – $437
South Carolina SC28$212+31%$99 – $503
Kansas KS45$210+30%$71 – $333
Texas TX91$198+22%$65 – $521
Idaho ID18$196+21%$105 – $247
California CA112$193+19%$100 – $320
New Mexico NM18$186+15%$126 – $402
Wisconsin WI67$179+10%$89 – $310
Minnesota MN83$174+8%$65 – $261
Washington WA40$165+2%$72 – $280
Virginia VA48$1620%$78 – $401
Tennessee TN43$159−2%$59 – $249
North Carolina NC63$151−7%$89 – $379
Utah UT30$145−11%$116 – $269
Connecticut CT17$139−14%$104 – $312
Georgia GA55$131−19%$97 – $177
Missouri MO47$128−21%$63 – $364
North Dakota ND29$122−25%$71 – $168
Hawaii HI15$118−27%$25 – $243
Michigan MI76$112−31%$53 – $200
Maine ME21$111−31%$43 – $400
Alabama AL14$102−37%$24 – $103
Vermont VT12$101−37%$77 – $445
West Virginia WV35$89−45%$61 – $114
Mississippi MS29$88−45%$22 – $165
Kentucky KY50$82−49%$50 – $187
New York NY64$80−51%$46 – $361
Pennsylvania PA71$75−54%$58 – $167
Louisiana LA25$73−55%$33 – $106
Oklahoma OK35$62−62%$31 – $108
Montana MT20$60−63%$26 – $305
New Jersey NJ34$48−70%$43 – $170
Arkansas AR24$42−74%$42 – $358
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $162.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,393$147$63 – $382
Children’s37$393$118 – $738
Critical access618$197$79 – $447
Ownership
For-profit168$143$61 – $521
Government384$158$67 – $416
Non-profit1,496$162$68 – $402
System affiliation
Part of a system1,685$162$68 – $415
Independent368$145$63 – $373

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$275
Median cash price$162
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,425 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $162 and the average of the middle 60% is $188; most fall between $76 and $402.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,425 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$53$90$162$332$562

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($53 vs $562).

Of the 1,506 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,425 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 63 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,053 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,168 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,053
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded72
Hospitals that filed this code2,168

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Electrographic cardiac monitoring family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as External Ecg Rec>7d<15d Recording.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Wearable heart rhythm monitor, 7 to 15 days – recording only (CPT 93246) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93246-wearable-heart-rhythm-monitor-7-to-15-days-recording-only