EEG cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine: from $345.60 to $882.16, with a median of $370.80. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Heart Hospital — $25.20 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $370.80 at 13 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 95816, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Nov 21, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Heart Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 EEG Routine | $345.60 | $432.00 | $216.00–$324.00 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Arkansas Heart Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 219-7000 RT CHARGE EEG -> EEG - AWAKE & DROWSY | $345.60 | $432.00 | $216.00–$324.00 | 20% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN WAVE ACTIVITY (EEG); AWAKE AND DROWSY | $370.80 | $618.00 | $25.00–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 EEG AWAKE AND DROWSY | $404.40 | $674.00 | $25.00–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN WAVE ACTIVITY (EEG); AWAKE AND DROWSY | $882.16 | $980.18 | $119.25–$202.91 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $345.60, median $370.80, highest $882.16 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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 Hospital Little Rock, AREEG AWAKE AND DROWSY | $72.26 | file |