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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 October 2026.

How much does Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening cost?

$5.50

Typical physician fee. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4.07 to $5.75.

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 $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $6Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10facility $6professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.51
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$17.38
5 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
U1 · State-defined + U2 · State-defined
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 22nd of 51

$5.50

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.