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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Delaware 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?

$4.90

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.47 to $5.62.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.72

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Delaware· 50th of 51

$4.90

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.