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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

North Carolina 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?

$132

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $155.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $71 to $89Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $186
$100$200facility $72professional $132

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
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$132

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.