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Procedure price report · Conversion of cardiac rhythm

Catheter ablation of the heart's main electrical relay

CPT 93650the billing code this page is about

Heat energy delivered through a catheter destroys the atrioventricular node so electrical signals no longer pass from the upper to the lower heart chambers, in preparation for pacemaker pacing.

Hospitals typically charge $9,207 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,678 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $9,827. Most fall between $4,747 and $17,586 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,678
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 1,678 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
$3,330$5,535$9,207$15,440$25,345

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,330 vs $25,345).

How the prices are spread

$1,509 – $2,064: 23 hospitals$1,509$2,064 – $2,822: 21 hospitals$2,822 – $3,860: 110 hospitals$2,822$3,860 – $5,279: 144 hospitals$5,279 – $7,220: 257 hospitals$5,279$7,220 – $9,874: 264 hospitals$9,874 – $13,505: 281 hospitals$9,874$13,505 – $18,469: 183 hospitals$18,469 – $25,259: 137 hospitals$18,469$25,259 – $34,545: 92 hospitals$25,259median $9,207price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,512 of 1,678 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,509$2,06423
$2,064$2,82221
$2,822$3,860110
$3,860$5,279144
$5,279$7,220257
$7,220$9,874264
$9,874$13,505281
$13,505$18,469183
$18,469$25,259137
$25,259$34,54592

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,969
Median cash price$9,207
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

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 $9,207.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $6,035 across 11 hospitalsNH$6,035Washington: median $8,107 across 37 hospitalsWA$8,107Idaho: median $21,588 across 10 hospitalsID$21,588Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $7,865 across 37 hospitalsMN$7,865Illinois: median $8,035 across 66 hospitalsIL$8,035Wisconsin: median $6,113 across 47 hospitalsWI$6,113Michigan: median $6,468 across 63 hospitalsMI$6,468New York: median $9,258 across 47 hospitalsNY$9,258Massachusetts: median $11,643 across 28 hospitalsMA$11,643Oregon: median $7,128 across 28 hospitalsOR$7,128Nevada: median $9,751 across 11 hospitalsNV$9,751Wyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $7,927 across 21 hospitalsIA$7,927Indiana: median $7,560 across 49 hospitalsIN$7,560Ohio: median $12,842 across 82 hospitalsOH$12,842Pennsylvania: median $9,215 across 70 hospitalsPA$9,215New Jersey: median $8,406 across 36 hospitalsNJ$8,406Connecticut: median $13,234 across 14 hospitalsCT$13,234Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13,485 across 141 hospitalsCA$13,485Utah: median $13,678 across 17 hospitalsUT$13,678Colorado: median $11,962 across 34 hospitalsCO$11,962Nebraska: median $4,770 across 12 hospitalsNE$4,770Missouri: median $6,599 across 35 hospitalsMO$6,599Kentucky: median $7,545 across 26 hospitalsKY$7,545West Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $5,368 across 46 hospitalsVA$5,368Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $10,036 across 34 hospitalsAZ$10,036New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $7,348 across 16 hospitalsKS$7,348Arkansas: median $5,615 across 15 hospitalsAR$5,615Tennessee: median $4,238 across 47 hospitalsTN$4,238North Carolina: median $10,227 across 39 hospitalsNC$10,227South Carolina: median $13,552 across 36 hospitalsSC$13,552Oklahoma: median $3,286 across 28 hospitalsOK$3,286Louisiana: median $5,871 across 31 hospitalsLA$5,871Mississippi: median $4,261 across 19 hospitalsMS$4,261Alabama: median $7,592 across 22 hospitalsAL$7,592Georgia: median $7,045 across 61 hospitalsGA$7,045Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $11,694 across 172 hospitalsTX$11,694Florida: median $17,382 across 126 hospitalsFL$17,382
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $9,207. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$21,588+134%$8,165 – $21,588
Florida FL126$17,382+89%$7,798 – $31,572
Utah UT17$13,678+49%$6,416 – $13,678
South Carolina SC36$13,552+47%$8,642 – $15,794
California CA141$13,485+46%$6,884 – $22,495
Connecticut CT14$13,234+44%$6,340 – $14,991
Ohio OH82$12,842+39%$7,186 – $16,043
Colorado CO34$11,962+30%$8,430 – $26,742
Texas TX172$11,694+27%$6,282 – $26,146
Massachusetts MA28$11,643+26%$7,489 – $22,094
North Carolina NC39$10,227+11%$5,669 – $12,461
Arizona AZ34$10,036+9%$5,319 – $17,224
Nevada NV11$9,751+6%$8,483 – $34,866
New York NY47$9,258+1%$7,557 – $16,416
Pennsylvania PA70$9,2150%$4,986 – $16,921
New Jersey NJ36$8,406−9%$3,036 – $22,129
Washington WA37$8,107−12%$4,323 – $10,726
Illinois IL66$8,035−13%$2,838 – $15,132
Iowa IA21$7,927−14%$1,278 – $9,524
Minnesota MN37$7,865−15%$6,397 – $10,695
Alabama AL22$7,592−18%$4,921 – $20,961
Indiana IN49$7,560−18%$4,805 – $11,966
Kentucky KY26$7,545−18%$4,093 – $25,345
Kansas KS16$7,348−20%$4,119 – $17,356
Oregon OR28$7,128−23%$4,608 – $13,769
Georgia GA61$7,045−23%$5,462 – $12,340
Missouri MO35$6,599−28%$6,079 – $13,152
Michigan MI63$6,468−30%$4,052 – $10,725
Wisconsin WI47$6,113−34%$4,052 – $9,860
New Hampshire NH11$6,035−34%$1,028 – $26,029
Louisiana LA31$5,871−36%$3,151 – $10,912
Arkansas AR15$5,615−39%$2,224 – $9,899
Virginia VA46$5,368−42%$3,731 – $8,428
Nebraska NE12$4,770−48%$4,770 – $8,349
Mississippi MS19$4,261−54%$3,090 – $5,423
Tennessee TN47$4,238−54%$3,113 – $10,634
Oklahoma OK28$3,286−64%$1,464 – $9,183
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $9,207.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,526$9,258$4,967 – $17,716
Children’s34$9,966$3,639 – $24,210
Critical access110$7,061$3,468 – $13,875
Ownership
For-profit271$17,224$6,854 – $35,396
Government179$7,798$4,608 – $13,100
Non-profit1,220$8,772$4,505 – $15,440
System affiliation
Part of a system1,510$9,215$4,770 – $17,586
Independent168$8,726$4,505 – $17,073

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$17,356
Median cash price$9,207
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

1,257 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $9,207 and the average of the middle 60% is $9,532; most fall between $4,770 and $16,156.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,257 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
$3,468$5,462$9,207$14,095$21,588

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,468 vs $21,588).

Of the 1,332 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,257 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,678 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,777 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,678
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded53
Hospitals that filed this code1,777

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

Related procedures

Part of the Conversion of cardiac rhythm family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Icar Catheter Ablation Atrioventr Node Function.

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, “Catheter ablation of the heart's main electrical relay (CPT 93650) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93650-catheter-ablation-of-the-heart-s-main-electrical-relay