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CPT code 95700: EEG setup, per episode2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Reports technical setup, patient education, and takedown for a continuous EEG recording episode, with video when performed.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities17.4K Medicare services in 2024

Medicare rate · 95700

EEG setup, per episode

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0
Total RVUs
0.00
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

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Not priced in the facility setting.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 95700 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 95700 covers

This code covers the technical work to prepare a patient for continuous electroencephalographic recording, including equipment setup and patient education, plus takedown when performed. EEG technologists typically perform these tasks in a hospital, monitoring unit, or outpatient setting. Video may accompany the EEG recording. The code represents episode-level setup work, not the ongoing recording time or a physician’s interpretation.

Medicare assigns status C under the physician fee schedule: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. Report one unit for the recording episode, rather than a unit for each hour or monitoring day. The code is commonly reported with the applicable technical EEG monitoring service, selected for video use, duration, and monitoring level. Physician or qualified health care professional review and interpretation are represented by separate EEG services.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 95700 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

109 of 109 payment localities

95700 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailableUnavailable
AlaskaUnavailableUnavailable
ArizonaUnavailableUnavailable
ArkansasUnavailableUnavailable
Atlanta, GAUnavailableUnavailable
Austin, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Bakersfield, CAUnavailableUnavailable
Baltimore area, MDUnavailableUnavailable
Beaumont, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Brazoria, TXUnavailableUnavailable

95700 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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95700 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 95700 rate is calculated

Each of 95700’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

How the rate is built · 95700

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.0000

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$0.00

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 95700

95700 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Place of service · 95700

Which rate does Medicare pay?

The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

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95700 isn’t priced in this setting.

95700 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 95700

    EEG setup, per episode0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 95711

    Video EEG, 2–12 hours, unmonitored0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 95705

    EEG recording, unmonitored, 2–12 hours0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 95717

    EEG interpretation, 2–12 hours, no video1.95 wRVU

    $109.89

How to choose

95711Video EEG2–12 hours, unmonitored
95700 describes episode-level setup, education, and takedown. 95711 describes the technical video-EEG monitoring itself for 2–12 hours when the study is unmonitored.
95705EEG recordingUnmonitored, 2–12 hours
95705 is the technical monitoring service for a 2–12-hour EEG without video. 95700 covers setup-related work for the episode rather than the monitoring interval.
95717EEG interpretation2–12 hours, no video
95717 describes physician or qualified professional EEG work without video for 2–12 hours. 95700 is technical setup-related work, not interpretation.

Codes related to 95700

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Codes related to 95700
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Often billed with
95705EEG recording, unmonitored, 2–12 hoursTechnical continuous EEG monitoring without video for a 2–12-hour period.No office rate
95711Video EEG, 2–12 hours, unmonitoredTechnical video-EEG monitoring, unmonitored, for a 2–12-hour period.No office rate
95712Video EEG, intermittent, 2-12 hoursTechnical video-EEG monitoring with intermittent monitoring for a 2–12-hour period.No office rate
95713Video EEG monitoring, continuous, 2–12 hoursTechnical video-EEG monitoring with continuous monitoring for a 2–12-hour period.No office rate
95717EEG interpretation, 2–12 hours, no videoPhysician or qualified professional EEG service for 2–12 hours without video.$101.74–$142.62
95718Video EEG interpretation, 2–12 hoursPhysician or qualified professional EEG service for 2–12 hours with video.$127.69–$178.93

95700 billing questions

When is 95700 reported?

Report it for the technical setup, patient education, and takedown associated with a continuous EEG recording episode. It is an episode-level service, not an hourly monitoring code.

Can 95700 be reported with an EEG monitoring code?

Yes. It is commonly reported with the technical monitoring service that describes the recording’s duration, video use, and monitoring level.

How many units should be reported?

Report one unit for the episode of care, not one unit per recording hour or monitoring day.

Does 95700 include physician interpretation?

No. It covers technical setup-related work; physician or qualified health care professional EEG review and interpretation are reported separately when performed.

How does Medicare price 95700?

Its physician fee schedule status is C, or carrier priced. CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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