Surgery and procedures CPT 93656 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

AFib ablation cost in Syracuse, NY — inpatient

In Syracuse, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as an inpatient: from $27,959.00 to $36,936.90, with a median of $32,447.95. The lowest listed price is at Crouse Hospital — $4,488.95 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $27,000.00 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$27,959.00Crouse Hospital
Median$32,447.95half pay less
Highest$36,936.90in this market
Difference1.3×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 Syracuse, NY.

median
Lowest $27,959.00Highest $36,936.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Crouse Hospital lowest Syracuse, NY · (315) 470-7449 93656 EPHYS EVL TRNSPTL TX ATRIAL FIB ISOLAT PULM $27,959.00 $27,959.00 — — —
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St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Evaluation Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Atrial Fibrillation $36,936.90 $56,826.00 $12,038.00–$71,235.55 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $27,959.00, median $32,447.95, highest $36,936.90 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $32,447.95 — 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.

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.

St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NYPR Eval Electrophysiologic Comprehensive Transeptal Cath $2,222.00 file