Surgery and procedures CPT 93656 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

AFib ablation cost in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient

In Fort Wayne, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as an inpatient: from $23,668.00 to $38,317.32, with a median of $30,992.66. The lowest listed price is at Parkview Regional Medical Center — $7,324.66 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $52,541.65 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$23,668.00Parkview Regional Medical Center
Median$30,992.66half pay less
Highest$38,317.32in this market
Difference1.6×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.

median
Lowest $23,668.00Highest $38,317.32

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Parkview Regional Medical Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $23,668.00 $47,336.00 — 50% —
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Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 EP-ATR FIB PULM VN I - GL 107 $38,317.32 $106,437.00 $26,819.68–$95,793.30 64% Apr 1, 2026
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Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 EP-ATR FIB PULM VN I - Dept 107 $38,317.32 $106,437.00 $26,819.68–$95,793.30 64% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $23,668.00, median $30,992.66, highest $38,317.32 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $27,799.55 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

12 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.

Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN93656 53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $389.34 file
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN93656 53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $519.12 file
Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN93656 53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $648.90 file
Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN93656,53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $778.68 file
Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN93656 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $778.68 file
Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN93656 53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $793.10 file
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN93656,53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $1,038.24 file
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN93656 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $1,038.24 file
Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN93656,53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $1,297.80 file
Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN93656 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $1,297.80 file
Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN93656,53 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $1,586.20 file
Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN93656 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL $1,586.20 file