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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Kansas 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$50.12 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$60.26 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $56 to $110Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $0 to $95
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $71professional $62

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $61.66 · 48th 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.