Surgery and procedures CPT 93656 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

AFib ablation cost in Visalia, CA — inpatient

In Visalia, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as an inpatient: from $61,331.00 to $61,331.00, with a median of $61,331.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $33,452.00 at 128 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 10, 2026 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$61,331.00Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital + 1 more
Median$61,331.00half pay less
Highest$61,331.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Visalia, CA.

median
Lowest $61,331.00Highest $61,331.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital lowest Visalia, CA Icc Ablat For Afib $61,331.00 $61,331.00 $52,131.35–$55,197.90 — Jul 10, 2026
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Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia, CA · (559) 624-2000 Icc Ablat For Afib $61,331.00 $61,331.00 $29,254.89–$61,331.00 — Jul 14, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $61,331.00, median $61,331.00, highest $61,331.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $61,331.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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 ($32,426.20). 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.

Kaweah Health Mental Health Hospital Visalia, CA93656 Icc Ablat For Afib $1,742.00 file
Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA93656 Icc Ablat For Afib $1,742.00 file