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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion cost?

$58.88

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $72.44.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $151 to $151Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $58 to $76
$50$100facility $151professional $59

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
10 + 12 + 32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$58.88

AK $174NY $57.54

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.