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

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 95700 in California.

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

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 in California

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

29 of 29 payment localities

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.

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.

95700 compared with similar codes

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.

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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