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Continuous Video and Brain Wave Monitoring

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 95718

Sensors are placed on the scalp to continuously record brain electrical activity along with synchronized video over an extended period, usually in a hospital or specialized monitoring unit. This combination helps capture and correlate physical symptoms, such as seizure movements, with the corresponding brain wave changes at the same moment. It's used to help diagnose and characterize seizures or other episodes that are hard to catch with a shorter test.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Continuous Video and Brain Wave Monitoring cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$158$138 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$0.02 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $0 to $170Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $129 to $204
$0.1$1$10$100facility $170professional $158

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
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$158

AK $324FL $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.