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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Montana 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 6 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$6.17$4.90 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$5.50 to $8.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $8professional $6

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$89,125.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$79.43

Where Montana 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.

Montana $6.17 · 19th 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.