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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Missouri 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$5.25 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$4.68 to $6.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $5professional $7

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.77
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$29.51
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.59

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Missouri $7.08 · 9th of 51
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.