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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Idaho 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$91.20 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$81.28 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $74 to $141Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $81 to $141
$50$100$200facility $93professional $105

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$75.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
4 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$75.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$81.28

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 10th of 51

$105

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.