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Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording

South Dakota 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $832.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $363 to $955
$200$500$1Kprofessional $550

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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$550

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.