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What is a routine ECG with interpretation and report?

An ECG, sometimes called an EKG or electrocardiogram, is a procedure that measures the electrical signals in your heart. To have an ECG done, you’ll need to remove your shirt and you’ll lie back on a exam table. Multiple stickers, or electrodes, are placed over your chest. You may need to have some patches of hair shaved to help the sticker adhere. Cables are attached to the stickers which transmit the ECG tracing to a computer. The computer will generate a printout that shows your heart wave tracing. The procedure is quick and painless.

Interpretation and report refers to the healthcare provider looking at the printout from the computer and evaluating the tracing. This is the “interpretation” of your heart rhythm. The provider will include a report in your medical record that includes their interpretation of the ECG tracing.

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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