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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Colorado 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 negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 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 $5.25 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$4.79 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.25$5.25 to $7.41

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $5

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
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
1 more rate 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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.25

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 24th 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.