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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Alabama 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?

$5.25

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.37 to $5.25.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $35 to $35Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5
$5$10$20$50facility $35professional $5

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
10 + 32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.08
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.47

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 25th of 51

$5.25

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.