Surgery and procedures CPT 93656 Outpatient

AFib ablation cost in Los Angeles, CA

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: from $3,024.40 to $120,426.80, with a median of $17,732.00. The lowest listed price is at UCI Health - Fountain Valley — $14,707.60 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $33,452.00 at 78 hospitals.

Cash prices at 24 facilities across 19 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 Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,024.40UCI Health - Fountain Valley
Median$17,732.00half pay less
Highest$120,426.80in this market
Difference39.8×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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

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Lowest $3,024.40Highest $120,426.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
UCI Health - Fountain Valley lowest Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 CMP EP ABL INTRA AFIB PVI EP3D $3,024.40 $7,561.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $9,338.00 $26,680.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $9,712.80 $20,235.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $11,144.70 $31,842.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $11,652.48 $24,276.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $13,690.08 $28,521.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $14,117.25 $40,335.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $14,138.60 $40,396.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $17,732.00 $34,100.00 — 48% —
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USC Arcadia Hospital Arcadia, CA · (626) 898-8000 COMP EP TRANSEPTAL $24,243.10 $69,266.00 $2,000.00–$69,266.00 65% Jul 27, 2026
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Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION $25,848.20 $73,852.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 CMP EP ABL INTRA AFIB PVI EP3D $30,239.20 $75,598.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Tx Atrial Fib Pulm Vein Isol $32,724.75 $32,724.75 — — Apr 1, 2026
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La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA · (714) 670-7400 Hc Ephys Evl Trnsptl Tx Atril Fib Isolat Pulm Vein $33,452.00 $43,086.70 $880.47–$43,086.70 22% Sep 1, 2026
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Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA · (310) 673-4660 EPS/ABLATION TRANSSEPTAL $33,452.00 $55,548.40 $200.00–$55,548.40 40% Sep 1, 2026
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB COMP ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISL 3D MAP S&I $120,426.80 $185,272.00 $13,270.00–$40,279.73 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgical Group 7 $120,426.80 $185,272.00 $27,131.25–$40,279.73 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Grouper - 8 $120,426.80 $185,272.00 $13,270.00–$40,279.73 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgery Group 9 Global Rate $120,426.80 $185,272.00 $8,550.00–$36,365.00 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $3,024.40, median $17,732.00, highest $120,426.80 — a 39.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $17,732.00. 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 3 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.

2 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.

Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CAOPG - 8 $1,550.64 file
Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CAOutpatient Surgical Services $1,550.64 file