CPT code 95720: Video EEG interpretation, each duration increment2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $212.10 for 95720 nationally in the office and $171.68 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $196.45–$275.36.

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

What 95720 covers

CPT 95720 represents the professional review and interpretation of prolonged EEG recorded with video, followed by a report. A neurologist or epileptologist may interpret the study in an epilepsy monitoring unit, hospital, or other setting where video EEG is used to evaluate suspected seizures, unexplained episodes of altered awareness, or possible nonconvulsive seizures. The video helps correlate observed behavior with electrical activity during the recording.

Select this code for the applicable professional-service increment when video accompanies the EEG; document the recording duration, video availability, interpretation, and resulting report. Code 95718 describes the shorter professional service, while 95719 is the corresponding increment without video. The technical recording and monitoring work is represented by separate video EEG technical codes, selected according to the monitoring performed. The record should support that the physician or qualified health care professional reviewed and interpreted the study, rather than merely documenting that a recording was obtained.

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 95720 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

95720 rates by state

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

How the 95720 rate is calculated

Each of 95720’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 95720

95720 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.

95720 compared with similar codes

How to choose

95718Video EEG interpretation2–12 hours

95718 is the professional interpretation service with video for 2–12 hours; 95720 represents an applicable duration increment.

95719EEG interpretationEach additional 12 hours, no video

Both represent professional EEG interpretation increments, but 95720 includes video and 95719 is without video.

95714Video EEG12–26 hours, unmonitored

95714 represents the technical video EEG recording and unmonitored service; 95720 represents professional interpretation and reporting.

95722EEG interpretation36 to under 60 hours, with video

Both are professional video EEG interpretation services, but 95722 is for a longer recording-duration category.

Codes related to 95720

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

Open CMS sourceHow we calculate rates