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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Kansas 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?

$5.75

Typical physician fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.57 to $7.24.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$1.0$5.0$20.0$100.0facility $5professional $6

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
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kansas $5.75 · 26th of 51
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.