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Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording

Louisiana 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $468.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $316 to $562
$500professional $427

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
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$427

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.