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Cognitive Assessment and Care Planning Visit

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 99483

This is a dedicated office visit where a doctor or other qualified provider evaluates a patient's memory and thinking abilities and develops a personalized care plan based on the results. It is typically used for patients with concerns about memory loss or a diagnosed cognitive condition such as dementia, and involves input from the patient and often a caregiver.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cognitive Assessment and Care Planning Visit cost?

$295

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $501.

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 $269 · 10th to 90th $191 to $324Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $166 to $562
$200$500facility $269professional $295

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
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
6 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
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$295

AK $501AL $186

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.