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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Maryland 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?

$4.79

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.47 to $5.37.

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

Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5
$5$10professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.51

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 33rd of 51

$4.79

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.