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24-Hour Attended Seizure Monitoring

California rates for HCPCS 95956

This covers a full day of continuous brain-wave recording using a multi-channel monitoring system, with a technologist attending and actively monitoring in real time. The recorded data is reviewed by the medical team to look for seizure activity. It is typically used in a hospital epilepsy monitoring setting over an extended stay.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does 24-Hour Attended Seizure Monitoring cost?

$6,607

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,607 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,631 to $7,762.

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

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $3,631Professionalmedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $7,762
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $6,607

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,762.47
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79

Where California sits

The same service costs 257.0 times more in Kansas than in South Carolina. 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.

California· 8th of 36

$6,607

KS $7,762SC $30.20

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.