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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Tennessee 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?

$4.37

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.89 to $5.62.

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 $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $4Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $30
$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $4

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
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.37
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TH · Pregnancy care
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.76

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 43rd of 51

$4.37

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.