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Activation Testing During A Brain-Wave Recording

Virginia 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $513.

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 $417 · 10th to 90th $302 to $676
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $417

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
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$417

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.