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Electrical Cardioversion, External

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 92960

A controlled electrical shock is delivered to the chest from outside the body to reset the heart back into a normal rhythm. It is used for certain fast or irregular heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation, when medication alone hasn't restored a normal rhythm. The patient is typically sedated briefly so the procedure isn't felt.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Electrical Cardioversion, External cost?

$1,500

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 73 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$123 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$589 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,365Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $100 to $468
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.0 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CA $3,939MD $394

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.