CPT code 95700: EEG setup, per episode2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Maryland
Reports technical setup, patient education, and takedown for a continuous EEG recording episode, with video when performed.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 95700 in Maryland.
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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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 Maryland
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore area, MD | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Maryland | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Washington, DC area | Unavailable | Unavailable |
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
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
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.
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.
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