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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 July 2026.

How much does Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening cost?

$5.25

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.68 to $6.31.

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 $35 · 10th to 90th $5 to $35Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20facility $35professional $5

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.08
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.30
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.22

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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· 42nd of 51

$5.25

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.