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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Georgia 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?

$4.37

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.47 to $5.25.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $4 to $309Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $174professional $4

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
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$10.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
9 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.44
Typical High
$0.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q6 · Substitute physician, paid per time
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 44th of 51

$4.37

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.