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Electrical Cardioversion, External

Iowa 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?

$1,206

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,206 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$135 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$324 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,905Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $100 to $794
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $251

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
$213.80
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa sits

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

Iowa· 32nd of 51

$1,206

$251 physician + $955 facility

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.