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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Indiana 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 Indiana, 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 $8.51 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$4.68$4.17 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$4.37 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $912Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $9professional $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
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.32
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 38th 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.