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Procedure price report · Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Doctor's reading of EEG without video, 2 to 12 hours

CPT 95717the billing code this page is about

The physician's review and written interpretation of a brain wave recording made without video; one unit covers a single recording session of 2 to 12 hours.

Hospitals typically charge $254 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 332 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $267. Most fall between $119 and $528 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
332
States
45
Filings dated
Apr 2025 – 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 332 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
$103$131$254$454$1,932

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($103 vs $1,932).

How the prices are spread

$77 – $109: 23 hospitals$77$109 – $154: 55 hospitals$154 – $218: 46 hospitals$154$218 – $309: 70 hospitals$309 – $438: 37 hospitals$309$438 – $620: 28 hospitals$620 – $877: 11 hospitals$620$877 – $1,242: 6 hospitals$1,242 – $1,758: 4 hospitals$1,242$1,758 – $2,489: 20 hospitals$1,758median $254price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (300 of 332 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$77$10923
$109$15455
$154$21846
$218$30970
$309$43837
$438$62028
$620$87711
$877$1,2426
$1,242$1,7584
$1,758$2,48920

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $254.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $417 across 18 hospitalsMN$417Illinois: median $174 across 13 hospitalsIL$174Wisconsin: median $373 across 15 hospitalsWI$373Michigan: median $113 across 26 hospitalsMI$113New York: median $178 across 17 hospitalsNY$178Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $303 across 20 hospitalsOR$303Nevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $297 across 18 hospitalsIA$297Indiana: median $117 across 10 hospitalsIN$117Ohio: median $360 across 15 hospitalsOH$360Pennsylvania: median $209 across 23 hospitalsPA$209New Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,932 across 30 hospitalsCA$1,932Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,592 across 13 hospitalsVA$2,592Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $233 across 10 hospitalsOK$233Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $366 across 14 hospitalsGA$366Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $254. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA13$2,592+920%$66 – $2,592
California CA30$1,932+660%$254 – $1,932
Minnesota MN18$417+64%$210 – $489
Wisconsin WI15$373+47%$373 – $868
Georgia GA14$366+44%$83 – $499
Ohio OH15$360+41%$152 – $572
Oregon OR20$303+19%$238 – $371
Iowa IA18$297+17%$254 – $297
Oklahoma OK10$233−8%$233 – $233
Pennsylvania PA23$209−18%$68 – $380
New York NY17$178−30%$144 – $334
Illinois IL13$174−32%$117 – $297
Indiana IN10$117−54%$75 – $125
Michigan MI26$113−56%$113 – $172
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA1not 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 $254.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care270$254$119 – $572
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access50$229$117 – $489
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government44$210$117 – $330
Non-profit270$269$126 – $602
System affiliation
Part of a system277$265$119 – $572
Independent55$203$109 – $307

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$363
Median cash price$254
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

227 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $254 and the average of the middle 60% is $258; most fall between $121 and $554.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 227 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
$96$144$254$386$1,932

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($96 vs $1,932).

Of the 249 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 227 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

332 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 365 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted332
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code365

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 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 Phys/Qhp 2-12 Hr Without Video.

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, “Doctor's reading of EEG without video, 2 to 12 hours (CPT 95717) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-95717-doctor-s-reading-of-eeg-without-video-2-to-12-hours