Electrocardiogram (EKG) cost in Los Angeles, CA

Prices at 8 hospitals in Los Angeles, CA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $338 — 111% above the US median ($161), roughly 40.5× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Gateways Hosp Mental Health Ctr Los Angeles, CA $100
L a Downtown Medical Center Los Angeles, CA $171 $64 ★ 3/5 19.1%
California Hospital Medical Center La Los Angeles, CA $291 $75 ★ 2/5 254 min 15.4%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA $338 ★ 5/5 15.2%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-West La Los Angeles, CA $338 ★ 3/5 15.6%
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Los Angeles, CA $461 $113 ★ 1/5 179 min 14.9%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA $674 $95 ★ 5/5 369 min 14.3%

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 July 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)
$599
Cash / self-pay
$338
Insurer-negotiated
$95
Medicare pays
$8
$143$546
Median cash $338  ·  Medicare $8  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $338 — about 40.5× 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 $599 list price could save about $261 (44%).

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Doctors who perform this in Los Angeles

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
Xunzhang Wang, MD.Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyLos Angeles, CA9,330
Edward Abdullah, M.D.Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyLos Angeles, CA6,057
Harry Peled, M.D.CardiologyLos Angeles, CA5,032
Vivian Mo, M.D.CardiologyLos Angeles, CA3,797
Henry Honda, MDCardiologyLos Angeles, CA3,495
Christopher Chu, MDCardiologyLos Angeles, CA3,219
Mehran Khorsandi, M.D.,CardiologyLos Angeles, CA2,801
Stephen Corday, M.D.CardiologyLos Angeles, CA2,221
Sumeet Chugh, M.D.Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyLos Angeles, CA2,183
Gary Reznik, MDCardiologyLos Angeles, CA2,111
Gaurav Banka, MDInternal MedicineLos Angeles, CA2,005
Martha Preciado, M.D.CardiologyLos Angeles, CA1,812

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