Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) cost at US hospitals

Elective external electrical cardioversion of an arrhythmia · CPT 92960

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Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock)

This is a planned, scheduled shock to the chest that resets a heart stuck in an abnormal rhythm, most often atrial fibrillation. It is done under brief sedation with pads on the skin, takes only moments, and is booked in advance rather than performed as an emergency.

$116.00

lowest cash price

$1,431.36

national median

$11,144.55

highest cash price

871

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $116.00–$11,144.55 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$116.00

Barnesville Hospital — Barnesville, OH

Most expensive published cash price

$11,144.55

AdventHealth Castle Rock — Castle Rock, CO

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($1,070.25) → Sep 1, 2026 ($2,219.00)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $1,040.52 $2,414.16 $4,093.44
Arizona 23 $357.00 $714.63 $1,796.39
Arkansas 11 $284.40 $1,095.90 $1,614.00
California 90 $196.00 $1,770.64 $4,641.73
Colorado 17 $602.82 $4,848.42 $11,144.55
Florida 80 $1,102.23 $2,394.20 $9,145.00
Georgia 25 $652.68 $2,476.89 $5,484.07
Hawaii 2 $539.20 $539.20 $1,800.00
Illinois 49 $425.00 $1,300.75 $4,193.70
Indiana 26 $1,283.50 $2,319.00 $6,047.16
Iowa 28 $650.40 $1,431.36 $5,630.95
Kansas 11 $599.20 $1,180.40 $2,079.86
Kentucky 21 $479.73 $1,030.73 $6,047.16
Louisiana 1 $1,346.80 $1,346.80 $1,346.80
Maine 7 $328.00 $1,241.70 $2,129.85
Maryland 2 $298.80 $298.80 $298.80
Michigan 27 $565.04 $1,174.00 $2,219.00
Minnesota 19 $1,174.40 $1,792.00 $2,289.17
Mississippi 11 $297.25 $416.07 $881.92
Missouri 21 $190.50 $1,955.20 $2,103.75
Montana 2 $628.00 $628.00 $803.20
Nebraska 13 $456.00 $1,431.36 $1,811.70
Nevada 4 $877.22 $909.38 $1,268.70
New Hampshire 1 $2,603.65 $2,603.65 $2,603.65
New Jersey 21 $502.58 $770.64 $1,031.85
New Mexico 1 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
New York 22 $412.80 $774.37 $9,288.67
North Carolina 15 $1,043.50 $1,287.50 $4,223.00
North Dakota 4 $1,602.40 $1,602.40 $1,714.40
Ohio 58 $116.00 $2,301.75 $5,673.18
Oklahoma 17 $551.12 $1,106.95 $2,726.75
Oregon 13 $287.01 $1,886.25 $2,266.50
Pennsylvania 31 $793.20 $1,621.20 $3,696.60
South Carolina 11 $748.50 $1,117.50 $3,530.00
South Dakota 6 $1,666.40 $1,746.40 $1,888.00
Tennessee 37 $283.64 $513.90 $3,273.38
Texas 111 $388.35 $1,519.00 $6,750.17
Virginia 35 $486.60 $1,200.00 $2,756.46
Washington 32 $532.70 $1,334.40 $2,179.80
West Virginia 16 $684.50 $1,153.50 $4,169.13
Wisconsin 34 $725.57 $1,330.00 $4,022.17
Wyoming 4 $713.40 $743.12 $853.30

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital Center Bridgeport, WV $1,498.50 $80.29 – $1,192.36
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA $1,502.20 $538.99 – $1,818.00
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance, CA $1,502.20 $850.08 – $1,821.00
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet, TX $1,504.08 $109.56 – $627.66
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro, PA $1,505.60 $95.70 – $993.28
OSF Saint James John W Albrecht Medical Center Pontiac, IL $1,509.60 $708.28 – $3,541.00
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf, IA $1,511.94 $98.07 – $740.85
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island, IL $1,511.94 $98.07 – $833.45
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine, IA $1,511.94 $98.07 – $774.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX $1,519.00 $100.00 – $4,340.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston, TX $1,519.00 $100.00 – $4,340.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX $1,519.00 $100.00 – $4,340.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring, TX $1,519.00 $100.00 – $4,340.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX $1,519.00 $100.00 – $4,340.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison, WI $1,519.65 $481.50 – $3,193.00
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine, KY $1,533.00 not published
Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk, VA $1,535.40 not published
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne, MN $1,544.00 $467.25 – $1,737.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City, NE $1,550.44 $94.90 – $425.28
ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL Clearlake, CA $1,561.32 $175.66 – $7,156.05
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson (St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc.) Anderson, IN $1,561.80 $25.76 – $146.85
Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie, OK $1,563.25 $89.81 – $1,350.52
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX $1,564.92 $644.04 – $1,234.27
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia, WA $1,567.28 $765.37 – $3,342.15
Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia, WA $1,567.28 $646.12 – $3,004.18
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $1,572.00 $80.29 – $1,104.09
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee, WI $1,590.00 $635.42 – $889.59
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee, WI $1,590.00 $635.42 – $889.59
HSHS St. Francis Hospital LITCHFIELD, IL $1,594.08 $768.93 – $2,214.00
Mercy Hospital Watonga Watonga, OK $1,596.40 $89.81 – $1,350.52
Mercy Hospital Kingfisher Kingfisher, OK $1,596.40 $89.81 – $1,350.52
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro, ND $1,602.40 $484.93 – $1,802.70
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville, ND $1,602.40 $484.93 – $1,802.70
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs Hot Springs, AR $1,614.00 $172.52 – $1,291.20
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley, AZ $1,615.16 $407.38 – $1,299.75
St Mary's Hospital Richmond, VA $1,616.40 not published
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA $1,616.40 not published
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville, VA $1,616.40 not published
Richmond Community Hospital Richmond, VA $1,616.40 not published
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA $1,617.00 not published
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth, VA $1,617.00 not published
UPMC Altoona Altoona, PA $1,621.20 $87.00 – $2,161.60
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA $1,622.88 $722.57 – $2,001.00
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck, ND $1,627.20 $105.85 – $1,830.60
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo, IA $1,644.82 $98.07 – $1,083.52
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA $1,644.82 $98.07 – $986.89
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville, WI $1,646.70 $499.30 – $2,672.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CA $1,651.50 $175.66 – $2,813.96
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington, MN $1,652.80 $479.67 – $1,194.30
AdventHealth Orlando Orlando, FL $1,655.00 $690.21 – $1,829.06

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