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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures

Triggering an abnormal heart rhythm with electrical pacing

CPT 93618the billing code this page is about

Timed electrical impulses are delivered through a catheter to deliberately bring on an abnormal rhythm so it can be studied.

Hospitals typically charge $2,352 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,171 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,574. Most fall between $1,160 and $4,875 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,171
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,171 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
$609$1,302$2,352$4,166$7,405

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($609 vs $7,405).

How the prices are spread

$400 – $567: 47 hospitals$400$567 – $804: 52 hospitals$804 – $1,141: 80 hospitals$804$1,141 – $1,618: 182 hospitals$1,618 – $2,296: 163 hospitals$1,618$2,296 – $3,256: 163 hospitals$3,256 – $4,619: 169 hospitals$3,256$4,619 – $6,553: 126 hospitals$6,553 – $9,295: 44 hospitals$6,553$9,295 – $13,185: 37 hospitals$9,295median $2,352price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,063 of 1,171 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$400$56747
$567$80452
$804$1,14180
$1,141$1,618182
$1,618$2,296163
$2,296$3,256163
$3,256$4,619169
$4,619$6,553126
$6,553$9,29544
$9,295$13,18537

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,244
Median cash price$2,352
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.89×

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 $2,352.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,882 across 28 hospitalsWA$1,882Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,796 across 16 hospitalsMN$1,796Illinois: median $2,325 across 44 hospitalsIL$2,325Wisconsin: median $1,178 across 36 hospitalsWI$1,178Michigan: median $1,627 across 40 hospitalsMI$1,627New York: median $1,437 across 47 hospitalsNY$1,437Massachusetts: median $3,081 across 10 hospitalsMA$3,081Oregon: median $2,801 across 20 hospitalsOR$2,801Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,812 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,812Indiana: median $3,307 across 35 hospitalsIN$3,307Ohio: median $4,082 across 73 hospitalsOH$4,082Pennsylvania: median $1,767 across 61 hospitalsPA$1,767New Jersey: median $1,345 across 27 hospitalsNJ$1,345Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,021 across 93 hospitalsCA$4,021Utah: median $2,366 across 17 hospitalsUT$2,366Colorado: median $2,015 across 33 hospitalsCO$2,015Nebraska: median $1,812 across 12 hospitalsNE$1,812Missouri: median $1,725 across 25 hospitalsMO$1,725Kentucky: median $4,875 across 21 hospitalsKY$4,875West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,251 across 32 hospitalsVA$2,251Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,640 across 25 hospitalsAZ$4,640New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $1,673 across 10 hospitalsAR$1,673Tennessee: median $1,030 across 27 hospitalsTN$1,030North Carolina: median $1,672 across 14 hospitalsNC$1,672South Carolina: median $1,700 across 14 hospitalsSC$1,700Oklahoma: median $244 across 18 hospitalsOK$244Louisiana: median $2,217 across 20 hospitalsLA$2,217Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $1,245 across 13 hospitalsAL$1,245Georgia: median $1,882 across 42 hospitalsGA$1,882Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,866 across 132 hospitalsTX$3,866Florida: median $2,989 across 88 hospitalsFL$2,989
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,352. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY21$4,875+107%$1,716 – $12,636
Arizona AZ25$4,640+97%$1,324 – $13,185
Ohio OH73$4,082+74%$1,590 – $4,797
California CA93$4,021+71%$1,025 – $6,787
Texas TX132$3,866+64%$1,570 – $6,074
Indiana IN35$3,307+41%$459 – $4,420
Massachusetts MA10$3,081+31%$2,311 – $6,961
Florida FL88$2,989+27%$2,285 – $10,005
Oregon OR20$2,801+19%$1,584 – $3,324
Utah UT17$2,366+1%$1,930 – $2,366
Illinois IL44$2,325−1%$1,302 – $4,865
Virginia VA32$2,251−4%$1,393 – $4,144
Louisiana LA20$2,217−6%$493 – $3,906
Colorado CO33$2,015−14%$1,570 – $4,690
Georgia GA42$1,882−20%$1,449 – $2,753
Washington WA28$1,882−20%$1,508 – $2,838
Iowa IA18$1,812−23%$471 – $3,840
Nebraska NE12$1,812−23%$1,003 – $4,243
Minnesota MN16$1,796−24%$1,796 – $4,745
Pennsylvania PA61$1,767−25%$721 – $6,519
Missouri MO25$1,725−27%$628 – $4,675
South Carolina SC14$1,700−28%$1,247 – $2,427
Arkansas AR10$1,673−29%$478 – $2,768
North Carolina NC14$1,672−29%$1,134 – $5,093
Michigan MI40$1,627−31%$845 – $3,063
New York NY47$1,437−39%$1,160 – $3,098
New Jersey NJ27$1,345−43%$1,097 – $3,390
Alabama AL13$1,245−47%$640 – $6,577
Wisconsin WI36$1,178−50%$1,178 – $3,954
Tennessee TN27$1,030−56%$514 – $1,538
Oklahoma OK18$244−90%$244 – $1,910
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $2,352.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,046$2,366$1,178 – $4,875
Children’s37$3,093$1,590 – $6,453
Critical access82$1,570$845 – $4,386
Ownership
For-profit179$3,702$1,449 – $9,334
Government119$1,570$855 – $3,331
Non-profit867$2,281$1,097 – $4,537
System affiliation
Part of a system1,042$2,366$1,178 – $4,867
Independent129$2,018$901 – $5,187

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,520
Median cash price$2,352
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

837 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,423 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,599; most fall between $1,178 and $4,711.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 837 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
$610$1,393$2,423$4,157$6,284

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($610 vs $6,284).

Of the 881 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 837 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,171 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,223 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,171
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code1,223

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Induction Arrhythmia Electrical Pacing|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “Triggering an abnormal heart rhythm with electrical pacing (CPT 93618) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93618-triggering-an-abnormal-heart-rhythm-with-electrical-pacing