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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Oregon 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 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 $9.12 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$6.17$5.37 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$7.76 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $110Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.62
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.14
2 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
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
X1 · Ongoing, broad care
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.02

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 12th of 51

$6.17

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.