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Placement Of Deep Electrodes For Brain Recording

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 95830

A doctor inserts thin electrodes through the skin of the face, just below the cheekbone, so they come to rest near the base of the skull close to the inner part of the temporal lobe. These pick up electrical activity from deep brain regions that electrodes on the scalp cannot capture well. It is used mainly when evaluating seizures, to help work out where they begin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement Of Deep Electrodes For Brain Recording cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$93.33 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,202 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,457Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $89 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $200

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$645.65

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Washington than in Washington, DC. 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.

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$204

WA $933DC $97.72

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.