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Extended Brain Wave Recording

Alabama rates for HCPCS 95706

Records the electrical activity of the brain over an extended stretch of time through small electrodes attached to the scalp, while trained staff keep the equipment working and the recording usable. A long recording captures events that a brief office test would miss, such as seizures or spells that happen only occasionally.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extended Brain Wave Recording cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 4 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$389$347 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$468 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $427 to $692Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $324 to $479
$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $389

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Minnesota. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$398

NH $575MN $251

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.