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Brain Wave Recording Without Video, Several Hours

North Carolina 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $251.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $141 to $204Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $117 to $339
$100$200facility $151professional $174

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$309.03
7 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
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$174

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.