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Heart Rhythm Study With Ablation For SVT

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 93653

A catheter study of the heart's electrical system followed by treatment of a fast rhythm that starts in the upper chambers. Thin wires are threaded through a vein into the heart to record its electrical signals and deliberately bring on the abnormal rhythm so its source can be pinpointed, then energy delivered through the catheter tip destroys that small patch of tissue. It is done under sedation or anesthesia and usually takes a few hours.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Rhythm Study With Ablation For SVT cost?

$23,800

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $22,387 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,000 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$22,387$9,772 to $35,481

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22,387 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $44,668Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $22,387professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$46,773.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$72,443.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$36,307.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Vermont than in Montana. 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

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$23,800

$1,413 physician + $22,387 facility

VT $33,708MT $2,434

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.