EKG tracing at Essentia Health-Fargo. CPT 93005.

What Essentia Health-Fargo publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated January 1, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$199cash price (self-pay)

$265list price

$58.97–$225range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
Primewest \| Medicaid	$58.97
Advocare/Security Health \| Medicare	$59.40
BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CORE \| Medicare	$59.40
Freedom Blue PPO \| Medicare	$59.40
HEALTHPARTNERS CARE MSHO / MCR ADV \| Medicare	$59.40
IMCARE MSHO PCC PRIME \| Medicare	$59.40
IMCARE MSHO REF REQ \| Medicare	$59.40
Itasca Med Care \| Medicaid	$59.40
MEDICA ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS \| Medicare	$59.40
MEDICA MSHO/Dual Solutions \| Medicare	$59.40
MEDICA PRIME SOLUTION GROUP \| Medicare	$59.40
MEDICARE ADV PFFS \| Medicare	$59.40
ND VA ADMINISTRATION \| Medicare	$59.40
OUT OF STATE BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE \| Medicare	$59.40
PRIMEWEST MSHO \| Medicare	$59.40
Platinum Blue/Vantage Blue \| Medicare	$59.40
Medica Access \| Medicaid	$71.02
HealthPartners CARE PMAP \| Medicaid	$103
Sanford Health Plan \| Commercia-NDPERS	$114
BCBS PLUS PMAP PCC PRIME \| Medicaid	$119
MN BCBS Commercial \| BCBS MN	$119
Sanford Health Plan \| Commercial	$120
BCBS ND Commercial \| BCBS ND	$142
BCBS ND \| Medicaid	$142
Medica Uplan \| Commercial	$147
Medica \| Commercial-FI	$147
Medica \| Commercial-SI	$163
Medica \| IFB ACO	$163
Medica Choice \| Commercial	$168
Ucare \| Commercial	$174

$199cash price (self-pay)

$265list price

$114–$225range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
Sanford Health Plan \| Commercia-NDPERS	$114
Sanford Health Plan \| Commercial	$120
BCBS PLUS PMAP PCC PRIME \| Medicaid	$150
Ucare \| Commercial	$174
MN BCBS Commercial \| BCBS MN	$179
WEA \| Commercial-Narrow Network	$191
WEA \| Commercial	$204
America's PPO \| Commercial	$205
WPS \| Commercial	$220
Aetna First Health \| Commercial	$225

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