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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Indiana 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$69.18$58.88 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$51.29 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $51 to $2,089Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $51 to $87
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $72professional $69

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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 35th of 51

$69.18

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.