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Brain Wave Recording Without Video, Several Hours

Illinois rates for HCPCS 95705

Records the brain's electrical activity through sensors on the scalp for a stretch of a few hours, with no video and with nobody watching the tracing as it is produced. Afterwards an EEG technologist goes through the stored recording and writes the technical description of what it contains. It is used to catch unusual electrical activity that a brief in-office recording can easily miss.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain Wave Recording Without Video, Several Hours cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $372 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$132 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$309 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,288Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $117 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $138

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
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in New Hampshire than in Florida. 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.

Illinois· 44th of 51

$138

NH $550FL $95.50

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.