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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Idaho 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$5.25 to $6.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$8.51 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $6 to $120Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $6

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
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.68
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.68
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.91
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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$25.70

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th of 51

$5.89

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.