AFib ablation cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 11 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: from $24,766.30 to $41,078.70, with a median of $41,078.70. The lowest listed price is at Mount Carmel Grove City and 3 other hospitals — $16,312.40 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $33,299.55 at 59 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 6 cities for code 93656, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Grove City lowest Grove City, OH HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $632.00–$94,012.40 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's lowest Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $632.00–$94,012.40 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel East lowest Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $632.00–$94,012.40 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Dublin lowest Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation | $24,766.30 | $38,102.00 | $6,549.14–$85,379.61 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $39,633.75 | $60,975.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH Hc Ep Eval W Ablation A Fib Including 3D Mapping | $41,078.70 | $63,198.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation | $69,810.94 | — | $632.00–$94,012.40 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $24,766.30, median $41,078.70, highest $41,078.70 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $41,078.70. 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 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.
What it is
This procedure uses catheters to isolate the pulmonary veins in the heart, to treat atrial fibrillation.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93656 ($26,716.48). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OHPR Eval Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Cath | $2,602.42 | file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OHPR Eval Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Cath | $2,602.42 | file |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OHPR Eval Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Cath | $2,605.23 | file |