Surgery and procedures CPT 93656 Outpatient

AFib ablation cost in Oxnard, CA

In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: from $21,821.12 to $186,239.51, with a median of $23,030.48. The lowest listed price is at Dignity Health — $1,209.36 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $30,536.02 at 106 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 28, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$21,821.12Dignity Health
Median$23,030.48half pay less
Highest$186,239.51in this market
Difference8.5×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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.

median
Lowest $21,821.12Highest $186,239.51

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Dignity Health lowest Camarillo, CA EP AFIB ABL PV ISOL 3DMAP $21,821.12 $52,581.00 $1,242.74–$58,938.04 58% Feb 28, 2026
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Dignity Health Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 EP AFIB ABL PV ISOL 3DMAP $23,030.48 $52,581.00 $1,242.74–$62,341.48 56% Feb 28, 2026
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Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 COM EP REPO CTH TX AFIB $186,239.51 $186,239.51 $27,935.93–$186,239.51 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $21,821.12, median $23,030.48, highest $186,239.51 — a 8.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $22,425.80. 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 2 of 3 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.