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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

New Hampshire 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?

$6.03

Typical physician fee. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.79 to $8.32.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $6 to $129Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.51
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.75
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 23rd of 51

$6.03

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.