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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99498

This is an extended conversation between a patient and their healthcare provider about future medical care wishes, including decisions about treatments a person would or would not want if seriously ill. It covers additional time spent beyond an initial advance care planning discussion, often completing or updating documents like a living will or healthcare proxy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion cost?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 6 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$87.10$63.10 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$66.07 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $58 to $178Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $58 to $240
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $91professional $87

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $89.13 · 6th of 51
MN $138KY $60.26

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.