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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Louisiana 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.90$3.47 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$4.47 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $4 to $105Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $5

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
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$1.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.71
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
$4.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$4.90

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.