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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Nebraska 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$4.07 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$63.10 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $10 to $240Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $151professional $8

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
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.41
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$8.13

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.