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Magnetic Brain Mapping Of One Function

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 95966

A recording of the very faint magnetic fields produced by working brain cells, made while the patient is given a stimulus or asked to perform a task, so that the part of the brain handling that function can be mapped. It is most often done before brain surgery, to show the surgeon which areas must be avoided. The patient lies still under a helmet-shaped sensor and feels nothing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Magnetic Brain Mapping Of One Function cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,349$1,349 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,905 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,514
$1K$2Kfacility $2,042professional $1,349

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Montana than in Hawaii. 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.

Rhode Island· 6th of 51

$1,349

MT $1,445HI $851

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.