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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Arkansas 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 July 2026.

How much does Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.75$4.57 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$3.39 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $45Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $5professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.46
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.57
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.41
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.88

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Arkansas $5.75 · 28th of 51
ND $8.91DC $4.90

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.