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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Mississippi 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$6.03$4.57 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$58.88 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $59 to $62Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33
$5$10$20$50$100facility $59professional $6

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
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
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
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 13th of 51

$6.03

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.