CPT code 95708: EEG recording, 12–26 hours, unmonitored2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 95708 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 95708 covers

This service records brain electrical activity for 12–26 hours without video or monitoring during the recording. It can help evaluate suspected seizures, spells, or other intermittent neurologic symptoms when a routine EEG may not capture an event. EEG technologists and the clinicians or facilities arranging the recording are involved in the technical service. The recording may take place in an ambulatory or clinical setting, depending on the monitoring arrangement.

The code represents an unmonitored recording period without video; it does not describe physician or qualified health care professional interpretation. Professional EEG services are reported separately; 95719 describes an additional professional EEG service without video. Medicare assigns this code carrier-priced status: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim.

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 95708 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.

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How the 95708 rate is calculated

Each of 95708’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 95708

95708 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.

95708 compared with similar codes

How to choose

95709EEG recording12–26 hours, intermittent

Both cover 12–26 hours without video, but 95709 is for intermittent monitoring; 95708 is unmonitored.

95710EEG monitoringNo video, continuous

Both cover 12–26 hours without video, but 95710 is for continuous monitoring; 95708 is unmonitored.

95714Video EEG12–26 hours, unmonitored

Both describe unmonitored EEG recording for 12–26 hours. Choose 95714 when video is included.

Codes related to 95708

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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