EEG cost in Fayetteville, AR
In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine: from $198.90 to $882.16, with a median of $412.80. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas — $213.90 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $370.80 at 13 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 95816, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas lowest Department Bella Vista, AR Eeg W/Awake & Drowsy Mlp | $198.90 | $306.00 | $55.69–$260.10 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR Eeg W/Awake & Drowsy Pf | $234.00 | $360.00 | $25.00–$857.24 | 35% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 EEG/RECORD AWAKE/DROWSEY | $412.80 | $1,032.00 | $25.00–$536.64 | 60% | — source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN WAVE ACTIVITY (EEG); AWAKE AND DROWSY | $882.16 | $980.18 | $94.75–$202.91 | 10% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR Eeg W Awake and Drowsy Record | $1,079.65 | $1,661.00 | $399.00 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $198.90, median $412.80, highest $882.16 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $771.51. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 95816 ($757.87). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AREEG AWAKE AND DROWSY | $72.26 | file |