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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 October 2026.

How much does Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion cost?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $1.00 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$79.43$70.79 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.00$0.95 to $1.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $59 to $457
$0.1$1$10$100facility $1professional $79

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.00
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$79.43

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.