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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Florida 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $5.37 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.68$3.98 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.37$5.01 to $5.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $44Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $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
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.37
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.77
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
3 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
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 37th of 51

$4.68

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.