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Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording

Minnesota 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $562 to $1,202.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,380
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $871

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$871

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.