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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Utah 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$4.47$3.98 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$5.89 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $6 to $115Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$5$10$20$50$100facility $71professional $4

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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.59
Typical High
$0.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$60.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.57
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.24

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 42nd of 51

$4.47

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.