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Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording

Iowa rates for HCPCS 95954

Special testing carried out during an EEG, a recording of the brain's electrical activity, in which a medicine is given or a physical trigger is used to bring out abnormal activity that a routine recording would not capture. A physician stays present for this part of the study.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $631.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $457

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
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Minnesota than in New Mexico. 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$457

MN $871NM $363

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.