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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Maine 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?

$5.13

Typical physician fee. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.72 to $5.13.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $7Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $5professional $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
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.55
1 more rate 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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 27th of 51

$5.13

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.