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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Kentucky 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 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$3.98$3.47 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$4.17 to $5.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20facility $4professional $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
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.37
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
$4.90
Typical High
$23.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.91
8 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
$2.04
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$3.98

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.