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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Alaska rates for HCPCS 96127

This covers a short, standardized questionnaire used to screen for or track a mental health or behavioral concern, such as depression or ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), that the clinician scores and documents. It's a quick screening tool, like a checklist scored on the spot, rather than a lengthy psychological evaluation. It's billed once for each separate standardized instrument used at a visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening cost?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.51$8.51 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$8.51 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $138Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in North Dakota than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$8.51

ND $8.71NM $3.24

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.