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Procedure price report · Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Brain wave recording, 2 to 12 hours, no video or live review

CPT 95705the billing code this page is about

Electrodes on the scalp record electrical brain activity for a stretch of 2 to 12 hours, without video and without a technologist watching the recording as it happens.

Hospitals typically charge $787 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,392 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $845. Most fall between $350 and $1,664 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,392
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,392 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$255$391$787$1,397$2,808

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($255 vs $2,808).

How the prices are spread

$191 – $256: 77 hospitals$191$256 – $344: 126 hospitals$344 – $463: 160 hospitals$344$463 – $622: 170 hospitals$622 – $837: 131 hospitals$622$837 – $1,125: 170 hospitals$1,125 – $1,512: 188 hospitals$1,125$1,512 – $2,033: 96 hospitals$2,033 – $2,733: 62 hospitals$2,033$2,733 – $3,674: 78 hospitals$2,733median $787price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,258 of 1,392 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$191$25677
$256$344126
$344$463160
$463$622170
$622$837131
$837$1,125170
$1,125$1,512188
$1,512$2,03396
$2,033$2,73362
$2,733$3,67478

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$221
Median cash price$787
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.6×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $787.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $940 across 34 hospitalsWA$940Idaho: median $1,464 across 10 hospitalsID$1,464Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $485 across 26 hospitalsMN$485Illinois: median $698 across 38 hospitalsIL$698Wisconsin: median $1,312 across 44 hospitalsWI$1,312Michigan: median $590 across 41 hospitalsMI$590New York: median $422 across 58 hospitalsNY$422Massachusetts: median $956 across 24 hospitalsMA$956Oregon: median $869 across 23 hospitalsOR$869Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,021 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,021Indiana: median $602 across 45 hospitalsIN$602Ohio: median $1,046 across 64 hospitalsOH$1,046Pennsylvania: median $765 across 74 hospitalsPA$765New Jersey: median $345 across 41 hospitalsNJ$345Connecticut: median $687 across 13 hospitalsCT$687Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,106 across 126 hospitalsCA$1,106Utah: median $520 across 18 hospitalsUT$520Colorado: median $1,086 across 20 hospitalsCO$1,086Nebraska: median $933 across 14 hospitalsNE$933Missouri: median $787 across 27 hospitalsMO$787Kentucky: median $1,001 across 25 hospitalsKY$1,001West Virginia: median $465 across 14 hospitalsWV$465Virginia: median $702 across 39 hospitalsVA$702Maryland: median $846 across 26 hospitalsMD$846Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $388 across 36 hospitalsAZ$388New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $270 across 34 hospitalsTN$270North Carolina: median $793 across 37 hospitalsNC$793South Carolina: median $1,119 across 23 hospitalsSC$1,119Oklahoma: median $337 across 18 hospitalsOK$337Louisiana: median $306 across 22 hospitalsLA$306Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $675 across 12 hospitalsAL$675Georgia: median $1,068 across 55 hospitalsGA$1,068Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,220 across 129 hospitalsTX$1,220Florida: median $1,117 across 87 hospitalsFL$1,117
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $787. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$1,464+86%$954 – $1,601
Wisconsin WI44$1,312+67%$1,038 – $4,326
Texas TX129$1,220+55%$335 – $2,119
South Carolina SC23$1,119+42%$493 – $1,119
Florida FL87$1,117+42%$494 – $1,950
California CA126$1,106+41%$380 – $2,309
Colorado CO20$1,086+38%$380 – $1,751
Georgia GA55$1,068+36%$441 – $1,462
Ohio OH64$1,046+33%$365 – $1,855
Iowa IA14$1,021+30%$517 – $1,124
Kentucky KY25$1,001+27%$283 – $5,734
Massachusetts MA24$956+21%$355 – $2,025
Washington WA34$940+19%$629 – $1,383
Nebraska NE14$933+19%$332 – $1,082
Oregon OR23$869+10%$864 – $1,929
Maryland MD26$846+8%$396 – $1,532
North Carolina NC37$793+1%$342 – $3,623
Missouri MO27$7870%$469 – $1,167
Pennsylvania PA74$765−3%$484 – $1,140
Virginia VA39$702−11%$264 – $2,592
Illinois IL38$698−11%$373 – $3,034
Connecticut CT13$687−13%$478 – $1,664
Alabama AL12$675−14%$593 – $7,460
Indiana IN45$602−23%$307 – $861
Michigan MI41$590−25%$389 – $853
Utah UT18$520−34%$520 – $772
Minnesota MN26$485−38%$359 – $931
West Virginia WV14$465−41%$249 – $1,179
New York NY58$422−46%$270 – $979
Arizona AZ36$388−51%$226 – $682
New Jersey NJ41$345−56%$279 – $419
Oklahoma OK18$337−57%$173 – $635
Louisiana LA22$306−61%$205 – $563
Tennessee TN34$270−66%$202 – $598
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $787.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,246$738$342 – $1,717
Children’s42$1,242$608 – $2,927
Critical access99$864$425 – $1,312
Ownership
For-profit163$1,061$397 – $2,750
Government145$617$313 – $1,455
Non-profit1,079$787$345 – $1,547
System affiliation
Part of a system1,262$810$351 – $1,729
Independent130$633$343 – $1,357

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,266
Median cash price$787
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,085 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $826 and the average of the middle 60% is $875; most fall between $365 and $1,629.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,085 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$255$425$826$1,436$2,592

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($255 vs $2,592).

Of the 1,133 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,085 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,392 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,454 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,392
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded46
Hospitals that filed this code1,454

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Electroencephalogram (EEG) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as EEG W/O VID 2-12 HR UNMNTR.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Brain wave recording, 2 to 12 hours, no video or live review (CPT 95705) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-95705-brain-wave-recording-2-to-12-hours-no-video-or-live-review