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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

South Dakota 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?

$7.76

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5.89 to $9.55.

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.

How much rates vary

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

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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
4 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
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$0.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.46

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$7.76

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.