AFib ablation cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 13 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: from $19,078.65 to $41,078.70, with a median of $39,633.75. The lowest listed price is at Fairfield Medical Center — $20,555.10 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $33,978.68 at 70 hospitals.
- The median here, $39,633.75, is 36% above the US median of $29,199.75.
- Columbus, OH has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Ohio with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 8 cities for code 93656, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 26, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Medical Center lowest Lancaster, OH · (740) 687-8000 EP/Cryoblation/Trans/AFIB File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $19,078.65 | $42,397.00 | $24,733.36–$46,624.98 | 55% |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $632.00–$94,012.40 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $6,549.14–$85,379.61 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $632.00–$94,012.40 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $632.00–$94,012.40 | 35% |
| Licking Memorial Hospital Newark, OH · (740) 348-4000 Evaluation and insertion of catheters for recording, pacing, and treatment of abnormal heart rhythm File of Mar 16, 2026 · source file | $36,377.25 | $36,377.25 | $20,007.49–$40,323.79 | — |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $39,633.75 | $60,975.00 | — | 35% |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $69,810.94 | — | $632.00–$94,012.40 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $19,078.65, median $39,633.75, highest $41,078.70 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $39,633.75. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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