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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Arizona 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?

$66.07

Typical physician fee. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $83.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $19 to $135Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $34 to $447
$20$50$100$200$500facility $74professional $66

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
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 41st of 51

$66.07

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.