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Procedure price report · Conversion of cardiac rhythm

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

CPT 93656the billing code this page is about

A catheter electrical study followed by isolating the pulmonary veins to treat atrial fibrillation, using burning or freezing energy inside the heart.

Hospitals typically charge $29,195 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,610 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $30,337. Most fall between $14,880 and $54,291 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,610
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 1,610 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
$9,866$17,541$29,195$45,483$78,128

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($9,866 vs $78,128).

How the prices are spread

$5,208 – $7,039: 40 hospitals$5,208$7,039 – $9,515: 31 hospitals$9,515 – $12,860: 88 hospitals$9,515$12,860 – $17,383: 162 hospitals$17,383 – $23,496: 195 hospitals$17,383$23,496 – $31,759: 300 hospitals$31,759 – $42,927: 264 hospitals$31,759$42,927 – $58,023: 165 hospitals$58,023 – $78,428: 125 hospitals$58,023$78,428 – $106,008: 81 hospitals$78,428median $29,195price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,451 of 1,610 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$5,208$7,03940
$7,039$9,51531
$9,515$12,86088
$12,860$17,383162
$17,383$23,496195
$23,496$31,759300
$31,759$42,927264
$42,927$58,023165
$58,023$78,428125
$78,428$106,00881

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$26,704
Median cash price$29,195
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.09×

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 $29,195.

Alaska: 3 hospitals 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $21,489 across 37 hospitalsWA$21,489Idaho: median $62,005 across 10 hospitalsID$62,005Montana: 5 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 $23,508 across 39 hospitalsMN$23,508Illinois: median $27,635 across 61 hospitalsIL$27,635Wisconsin: median $17,666 across 47 hospitalsWI$17,666Michigan: median $25,916 across 60 hospitalsMI$25,916New York: median $31,025 across 58 hospitalsNY$31,025Massachusetts: median $45,102 across 25 hospitalsMA$45,102Oregon: median $36,556 across 27 hospitalsOR$36,556Nevada: median $30,672 across 11 hospitalsNV$30,672Wyoming: 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 $31,821 across 21 hospitalsIA$31,821Indiana: median $27,778 across 43 hospitalsIN$27,778Ohio: median $29,200 across 75 hospitalsOH$29,200Pennsylvania: median $30,881 across 69 hospitalsPA$30,881New Jersey: median $27,177 across 35 hospitalsNJ$27,177Connecticut: median $27,428 across 15 hospitalsCT$27,428Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $33,452 across 140 hospitalsCA$33,452Utah: median $68,148 across 18 hospitalsUT$68,148Colorado: median $37,874 across 35 hospitalsCO$37,874Nebraska: median $16,863 across 11 hospitalsNE$16,863Missouri: median $23,553 across 34 hospitalsMO$23,553Kentucky: median $28,323 across 23 hospitalsKY$28,323West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $17,319 across 46 hospitalsVA$17,319Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $33,587 across 33 hospitalsAZ$33,587New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $24,624 across 16 hospitalsKS$24,624Arkansas: median $11,770 across 13 hospitalsAR$11,770Tennessee: median $17,066 across 38 hospitalsTN$17,066North Carolina: median $27,086 across 39 hospitalsNC$27,086South Carolina: median $38,411 across 37 hospitalsSC$38,411Oklahoma: median $12,803 across 27 hospitalsOK$12,803Louisiana: median $21,116 across 26 hospitalsLA$21,116Mississippi: median $14,529 across 18 hospitalsMS$14,529Alabama: median $24,686 across 24 hospitalsAL$24,686Georgia: median $16,666 across 59 hospitalsGA$16,666Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $36,479 across 163 hospitalsTX$36,479Florida: median $49,440 across 119 hospitalsFL$49,440
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $29,195. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT18$68,148+133%$24,650 – $68,148
Idaho ID10$62,005+112%$29,489 – $62,005
Florida FL119$49,440+69%$29,766 – $89,868
Massachusetts MA25$45,102+54%$30,648 – $73,597
South Carolina SC37$38,411+32%$24,767 – $41,775
Colorado CO35$37,874+30%$17,692 – $65,623
Oregon OR27$36,556+25%$18,095 – $40,000
Texas TX163$36,479+25%$16,772 – $78,128
Arizona AZ33$33,587+15%$15,944 – $55,069
California CA140$33,452+15%$17,732 – $64,272
Iowa IA21$31,821+9%$11,188 – $35,880
New York NY58$31,025+6%$18,260 – $96,634
Pennsylvania PA69$30,881+6%$15,347 – $57,468
Nevada NV11$30,672+5%$22,610 – $110,883
Ohio OH75$29,2000%$21,833 – $45,258
Kentucky KY23$28,323−3%$13,822 – $129,144
Indiana IN43$27,778−5%$15,204 – $53,024
Illinois IL61$27,635−5%$14,001 – $42,847
Connecticut CT15$27,428−6%$16,424 – $47,978
New Jersey NJ35$27,177−7%$9,944 – $33,818
North Carolina NC39$27,086−7%$19,385 – $60,522
Michigan MI60$25,916−11%$6,508 – $42,062
Alabama AL24$24,686−15%$15,000 – $98,337
Kansas KS16$24,624−16%$14,792 – $52,855
Missouri MO34$23,553−19%$15,991 – $39,631
Minnesota MN39$23,508−19%$13,405 – $35,867
Washington WA37$21,489−26%$17,896 – $34,366
Louisiana LA26$21,116−28%$12,804 – $42,712
Wisconsin WI47$17,666−39%$6,508 – $33,312
Virginia VA46$17,319−41%$14,850 – $25,746
Tennessee TN38$17,066−42%$4,033 – $27,000
Nebraska NE11$16,863−42%$2,580 – $25,697
Georgia GA59$16,666−43%$12,465 – $39,071
Mississippi MS18$14,529−50%$12,259 – $18,021
Oklahoma OK27$12,803−56%$6,375 – $17,899
Arkansas AR13$11,770−60%$7,969 – $22,800
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $29,195.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,462$29,200$15,486 – $55,069
Children’s35$32,186$14,001 – $53,549
Critical access105$27,086$7,429 – $40,848
Ownership
For-profit244$44,954$19,106 – $104,364
Government175$28,589$14,157 – $44,939
Non-profit1,183$28,245$14,792 – $48,184
System affiliation
Part of a system1,453$29,200$15,019 – $54,860
Independent157$27,959$13,852 – $50,415

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$52,243
Median cash price$29,195
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

1,191 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $29,200 and the average of the middle 60% is $29,394; most fall between $15,019 and $48,828.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,191 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
$10,989$17,066$29,200$42,712$64,184

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($10,989 vs $64,184).

Of the 1,283 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,191 gave a usable cash price; 48 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 43 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,610 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (41%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,738 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,610
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here74
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded49
Hospitals that filed this code1,738

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 Compre Ep Eval Abltj Atr Fib Pulm Vein Isolation.

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 for atrial fibrillation (CPT 93656) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93656-catheter-ablation-for-atrial-fibrillation