Doctor visits and therapy CPT 95816 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

EEG cost in Baton Rouge, LA — inpatient

In Baton Rouge, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine as an inpatient: from $207.04 to $522.60, with a median of $364.82. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge — $157.78 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $306.88 at 40 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 95816, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$207.04Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Median$364.82half of hospitals charge less

Highest$522.60in this market

Difference2.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Baton Rouge, LA.

median

Lowest $207.04Highest $522.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge lowest Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 752-2470 HC EEG: AWAKE & DROWSY source file	$207.04	$647.00	—	68%
Ochsner St Mary Morgan City, LA · (985) 384-2200 HC EEG: AWAKE & DROWSY source file	$522.60	$2,613.00	—	80%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $207.04, median $364.82, highest $522.60 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $364.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

An EEG records the brain's electrical activity through small sensors on the scalp. It is used for seizures, fainting spells and some other brain problems.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the recording, which takes about 20 to 40 minutes plus setup. The neurologist's reading may be billed separately.