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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 October 2026.

How much does Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening cost?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$5.01$3.89 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$5.89 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $36Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20facility $11professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.94
2 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$5.01

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.