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Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Brief Emotional/Behavioral Screening cost?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $5.62 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$4.57 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.62$4.79 to $7.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $6professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Virginia $5.37 · 37th of 51
ND $8.91DC $4.90

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.