CPT code 95721: EEG interpretation, over 36, under 60 hours2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Queens, NY

Reports physician or qualified health care professional interpretation of a no-video EEG recording lasting more than 36 but less than 60 hours.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality2.7K Medicare services in 2024

In Queens, NY, Medicare pays $245.85 for 95721 in the office and $196.50 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

$245.85Office (non-facility)
$196.50Hospital or facility
+12.5%vs the national office rate ($218.44)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 95721 nationwide

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

We’ll open 95721 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Queens, NY
  2. What 95721 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 95721 covers

Code 95721 represents a neurologist’s or other qualified health care professional’s review and interpretation of a prolonged EEG recording, followed by a diagnostic report. It applies when the recording lasts more than 36 but less than 60 hours and has no synchronized video. Such studies may evaluate recurrent spells, suspected seizures, or altered mental status when a brief EEG is insufficient, in hospital or ambulatory monitoring settings. The service is the professional analysis and report, rather than electrode application or technologist acquisition work.

Select the code from the recording duration and whether video was captured. Documentation should support the recording’s dates and times, total duration, lack of video, findings, and professional interpretation. CMS assigns work and practice-expense relative values to this service; the record should substantiate the professional work for the reported study.

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.

How Queens, NY compares for 95721

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 95721 runs from $202.03 in Arkansas to $283.06 in Alaska. Queens, NY pays $245.85. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

95721 in Queens, NY vs other payment areas
  1. Queens, NY · this page$245.85
  2. Manhattan, NY · New York$245.87+$0.02
  3. NYC suburbs and Long Island, NY · New York$250.97+$5.12
  4. Poughkeepsie and northern NYC suburbs, NY · New York$234.02−$11.83
  5. Rest of New York · New York$211.24−$34.61
  6. Los Angeles, CA · California$234.39−$11.46
  7. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$240.62−$5.23

Other areas in New York first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

95721 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Miami, FLFlorida$238.51$195.05
Chicago, ILIllinois$234.01$192.05
AlaskaAlaska$283.06$238.59
AlabamaAlabama$203.85$167.31
ArkansasArkansas$202.03$166.16
ArizonaArizona$214.42$173.96
Bakersfield, CACalifornia$224.12$178.36
Chico, CACalifornia$223.05$177.30

95721 rates by state

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

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$202.03

$283.06

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95721 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$283.061
AL$203.851
AR$202.031
AZ$214.421
CA$223.05–$262.2029
CO$222.601
CT$229.381
DC$240.621
DE$217.031
FL$220.53–$238.513
GA$212.08–$222.302
GU$224.551
HI$224.551
IA$205.121
ID$206.351
IL$217.82–$234.014
IN$207.051
KS$205.441
KY$208.791
LA$208.95–$215.312
MA$222.43–$237.742
MD$219.77–$240.623
ME$208.00–$213.672
MI$213.03–$223.262
MN$212.961
MO$207.32–$214.703
MS$204.651
MT$218.421
NC$209.201
ND$211.891
NE$205.541
NH$220.281
NJ$231.89–$239.872
NM$214.141
NV$216.681
NY$211.24–$250.975
OH$211.701
OK$207.591
OR$214.85–$226.402
PA$211.40–$226.112
PR$219.141
RI$222.291
SC$210.821
SD$211.121
TN$206.201
TX$210.60–$223.078
UT$212.611
VA$213.87–$240.622
VI$219.141
VT$212.211
WA$221.64–$240.692
WI$207.521
WV$212.911
WY$215.581

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How the 95721 rate is calculated

Each of 95721’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 · 95721

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work3.86

3.86 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense2.35

2.35 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.33

0.33 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

6.5400

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$218.44

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

The exact Queens, NY inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

12,511

Code
95721
Physician work
3.86
Practice expense
2.35
Malpractice
0.33

GPCI2026.csv

81

Locality
Queens, NY
Physician work
1.064
Practice expense
1.182
Malpractice
1.442
Office calculation for 95721 in Queens, NY
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work3.86× 1.0644.1070
Practice expense2.35× 1.1822.7777
Malpractice0.33× 1.4420.4759
Total RVUs7.3606
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Queens, NY$245.85

Office: (3.86 × 1.064 + 2.35 × 1.182 + 0.33 × 1.442) × $33.4009 = $245.85

Facility: (3.86 × 1.064 + 1.1 × 1.182 + 0.33 × 1.442) × $33.4009 = $196.50

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Payment rules and modifiers for 95721

95721 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 · 95721

Which rate does Medicare pay?

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

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

$218.44

Non-facility (office)
$218.44
Facility
$176.69

Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.

How 95721 has changed in Queens, NY

95721 · Office / nonfacility

$245.85

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $19.92 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $225.93 to $245.85 (8.8%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release
  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $225.93changed to$245.85

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Practice expense RVU 2.05 changed to 2.35
    • Malpractice RVU 0.29 changed to 0.33
    • Work GPCI 1.065 changed to 1.064
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.195 changed to 1.182
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.462 changed to 1.442

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $233.47changed to$225.93

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465
    • Malpractice RVU 0.31 changed to 0.29

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $229.66changed to$233.47

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $239.95changed to$229.66

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 1.97 changed to 2.05
    • Malpractice RVU 0.29 changed to 0.31
    • Work GPCI 1.061 changed to 1.065
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.212 changed to 1.195
    • Malpractice GPCI 2.061 changed to 1.462
  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $251.48changed to$239.95

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Work GPCI 1.056 changed to 1.061
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.228 changed to 1.212
    • Malpractice GPCI 2.661 changed to 2.061

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $251.78changed to$251.48

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062
    • Practice expense RVU 1.95 changed to 1.97
    • Malpractice RVU 0.28 changed to 0.29

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $254.23changed to$251.78

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 1.90 changed to 1.95
    • Work GPCI 1.054 changed to 1.056
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.214 changed to 1.228
    • Malpractice GPCI 2.391 changed to 2.661

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    No ratechanged to$254.23

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: No rate

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C, RVU13D, RVU14A, RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D, RVU15A, RVU15B, RVU15C, RVU15D, RVU16A, RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D, RVU17A, RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D, RVU18AR1, RVU18B, RVU18C, RVU18D, RVU19A, RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$245.85$196.50RVU26D
2026-07-01$245.85$196.50RVU26C
2026-04-01$245.85$196.50RVU26B
2026-01-01$245.85$196.50RVU26A
2025-10-01$225.93$221.29RVU25D
2025-07-01$225.93$221.29RVU25C
2025-04-01$225.93$221.29RVU25B
2025-01-01$225.93$221.29RVU25A
2024-10-01$233.47$228.70RVU24D
2024-07-01$233.47$228.70RVU24C
2024-04-01$233.47$228.70RVU24B
2024-03-09$233.47$228.70RVU24AR
2024-01-01$229.66$224.97RVU24A
2023-10-01$239.95$235.02RVU23D
2023-07-01$239.95$235.02RVU23C
2023-04-01$239.95$235.02RVU23B
2023-01-01$239.95$235.02RVU23A
2022-10-01$251.48$246.38RVU22D
2022-07-01$251.48$246.38RVU22C
2022-04-01$251.48$246.38RVU22B
2022-01-01$251.48$246.38RVU22A
2021-10-01$251.78$246.64RVU21D
2021-07-01$251.78$246.64RVU21C
2021-04-01$251.78$246.64RVU21B
2021-01-01$251.78$246.64RVU21A
2020-10-01$254.23$248.98RVU20D
2020-07-01$254.23$248.98RVU20C
2020-04-01$254.23$248.98RVU20B
2020-01-01$254.23$248.98RVU20A
2019-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU19D
2019-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU19C
2019-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU19B
2019-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU19A
2018-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU18D
2018-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU18C
2018-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU18B
2018-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU18AR1
2017-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU17D
2017-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU17C
2017-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU17B
2017-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU17A
2016-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU16D
2016-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU16C
2016-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU16B
2016-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU16A
2015-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15D
2015-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15C
2015-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15B
2015-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15A
2014-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14D
2014-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14C
2014-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14B
2014-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14A
2013-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13D
2013-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13C
2013-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13B
2013-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13AR

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Where the Queens, NY rate applies

Queens, NY is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 1 cities and communities in New York. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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95721 billing questions

When is 95721 selected instead of 95722?

Use 95721 for a recording over 36 but under 60 hours without video. Use 95722 for the same duration when video accompanies the EEG.

Does the duration mean physician reading time?

No. The duration refers to the EEG recording, not the time spent reviewing it or preparing the report.

Is 95721 the EEG acquisition service?

No. It represents the physician or qualified health care professional’s review, interpretation, and report. EEG acquisition and monitoring are represented by distinct technical-service codes when applicable.

What documentation supports reporting 95721?

Document the recording’s total duration, that video was not used, and the professional’s interpretation and findings. The record should support a duration over 36 but under 60 hours.

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

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 95721PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 12,511 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for Queens, NYGPCI2026.csv, line 81 (RVU26D)

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