EEG cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for EEG (brain wave test), awake and drowsy, routine: from $472.00 to $1,523.20, with a median of $1,523.20. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley — $1,051.20 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $957.20 at 89 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 10 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley lowest Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 Eeg-Awake | $472.00 | $1,180.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM W/REC AWAKE&DROWSY | $1,523.20 | $2,720.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $472.00, median $1,523.20, highest $1,523.20 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $1,523.20. 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.