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Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording

Utah 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $537.

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 $380 · 10th to 90th $186 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $380

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
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 44th of 51

$380

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.