AFib ablation cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: from $11,125.92 to $33,452.00, with a median of $19,515.48. The lowest listed price is at St Mary Medical Center — $8,389.56 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $33,452.00 at 78 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 2, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Medical Center lowest Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION | $11,125.92 | $23,179.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC EPS COMP W PULM VEIN AFIB ABL | $13,003.20 | $28,896.00 | $5,230.18–$63,873.54 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION | $17,732.00 | $34,100.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION | $17,732.00 | $34,100.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 COMPRE EP EVAL ABLTJ ATR FIB PULM VEIN ISOLATION | $17,732.00 | $34,100.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC EPS COMP W PULM VEIN AFIB ABL | $21,298.95 | $47,331.00 | $1,514.41–$55,469.12 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC EPS COMP W PULM VEIN AFIB ABL | $25,782.75 | $57,295.00 | $1,479.19–$55,469.12 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 TX ATRIAL FIB PULM VEIN ISOL | $33,452.00 | $55,548.40 | $880.47–$55,548.40 | 40% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Ephys Evl Trnsptl Tx Atril Fib Isolat Pulm Vein | $33,452.00 | $127,852.00 | $880.47–$127,852.00 | 74% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Ephys Evl Trnsptl Tx Atril Fib Isolat Pulm Vein | $33,452.00 | $127,852.00 | $880.47–$127,852.00 | 74% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $11,125.92, median $19,515.48, highest $33,452.00 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 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 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 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CAComprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with catheter destruction of abnormality causing atrial fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of upper chambers of heart) by pulmonary vein isolation | $1,182.00 | file |