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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Delaware 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?

$63.10

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $55 to $87
$50.0$100.0$200.0professional $63

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
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware $63.10 · 46th 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.