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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

New Jersey 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.62$4.90 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$5.62 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $6 to $158Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $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
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.17
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.47
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
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 18th of 51

$5.62

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.