EEG cost in Salem, OR
In Salem, OR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine: from $705.90 to $884.04, with a median of $884.04. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Silverton Medical Center — $178.14 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $887.41 at 30 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Salem, OR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Silverton Medical Center lowest Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 PR ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $705.90 | $1,086.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Hospital Salem, OR · (503) 561-5200 HCHRG EEG AWAKE AND DROWSY 20-40 MIN | $884.04 | $1,668.00 | — | 47% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Valley Hospital Dallas, OR · (503) 623-8301 HCHRG EEG AWAKE AND DROWSY 20-40 MIN | $884.04 | $1,668.00 | — | 47% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $705.90, median $884.04, highest $884.04 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $884.04. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Salem Hospital Salem, ORHCHRG EEG AWAKE AND DROWSY 20-40 MIN-INTERP | $61.48 | file |
| West Valley Hospital Dallas, ORHCHRG EEG AWAKE AND DROWSY 20-40 MIN-INTERP | $61.48 | file |