Electrocardiogram (EKG) cost in Sacramento, CA

Prices at 8 hospitals in Sacramento, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $178 — 11% above the US median ($161), roughly 21.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Sacramento Sacramento, CA $90 ★ 4/5
Kaiser Foundation Hosp So Sacramento Sacramento, CA $90 ★ 2/5
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CA $122 $219 ★ 3/5 170 min
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA $161 $330 ★ 3/5 185 min
Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern Calif Sacramento, CA $195 $19
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA $277 $23 ★ 4/5 328 min
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Sacramento, CA $614 ★ 4/5 192 min
Sutter Center for Psychiatry Sacramento, CA $614

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated September 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$561
Cash / self-pay
$178
Insurer-negotiated
$121
Medicare pays
$8
$90$614
Median cash $178  ·  Medicare $8  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $178 — about 21.3× the Medicare rate ($8). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($17).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $561 list price could save about $382 (68%).

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Doctors who perform this in Sacramento

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

ClinicianSpecialtyLocationMedicare services
Muhammad Munir, M.D.Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologySacramento, CA6,600
Patricia TakedaCardiologySacramento, CA3,079
William Lewis, M.D.CardiologySacramento, CA3,036
Saul Schaefer, M.D.CardiologySacramento, CA2,878
Ezra Amsterdam, M.D.CardiologySacramento, CA2,333
Sandhya Venugopal, M.D.CardiologySacramento, CA2,176
Daniel Vanhamersveld, MDCardiologySacramento, CA1,345
Lauren Kissinger, MDInternal MedicineSacramento, CA1,343
Dali Fan, M.D.Undefined Physician typeSacramento, CA1,279
Reginald Low, M.D.Interventional CardiologySacramento, CA1,144
Tin Nguyen, M.D.CardiologySacramento, CA1,003
Thomas Smith, M.D.CardiologySacramento, CA953

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