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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Arizona 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $5.62 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 6 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$5.25$4.47 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.62$4.37 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $6professional $5

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.72

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $5.25 · 43rd 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.