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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Illinois 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 negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$60.26 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$60.26 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $60 to $575Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $46 to $115
$50$100$200$500facility $263professional $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
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th 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.