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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Georgia 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?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $97.72.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $58 to $62Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $62 to $145
$100$200facility $58professional $76

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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
3 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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 25th of 51

$75.86

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.