Portable Multi-Day Seizure Focus Recording

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 95953

This covers a portable, computerized brain-wave recording system with multiple channels, worn by the patient over a 24-hour period without a technologist actively monitoring in real time, to help locate the area of the brain where seizures are starting. The device records continuously while the patient goes about normal activities, and the data is reviewed afterward by a physician. This approach allows monitoring outside of a hospital setting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Portable Multi-Day Seizure Focus Recording cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 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 21 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$1,072	$813 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$1,413	$1,175 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,311Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,239

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $891.25 Median $1,412.54 Typical High $3,090.30	Facility	Global	$891.25	$1,412.54	$3,090.30
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,122.02 Median $1,513.56 Typical High $4,168.69	Facility	Global	$1,122.02	$1,513.56	$4,168.69
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $758.58 Median $1,122.02 Typical High $1,819.70	Professional	Global	$758.58	$1,122.02	$1,819.70

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 74.1 times more in Missouri than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

MO $2,239SC $30.20

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.