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Video EEG Monitoring Block, Watched Continuously

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 95716

Brain-wave activity is recorded through scalp sensors with video running alongside it, and staff watch the tracing live throughout, so an event can be spotted and responded to as it happens. This covers one block of that monitoring, in the range of 12 to 26 hours. The technologist keeps the recording running and writes up a technical account of what the tracing showed; the doctor's reading and written findings are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Video EEG Monitoring Block, Watched Continuously cost?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 7 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$1,259$1,148 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,096 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,042Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,090
$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $1,259

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota than in Arizona. 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.

South Dakota· 19th of 51

$1,259

MN $1,820AZ $1,096

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.