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Brain Wave Recording Without Video, Several Hours

West Virginia 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 July 2026.

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

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $741 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$141 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$363 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,479Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $85 to $251
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $741professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in North Dakota than in Rhode Island. 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.

West Virginia· 25th of 51

$162

ND $251RI $117

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.