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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

North Dakota 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?

$138

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $93.33 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $74 to $105Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $74 to $191
$100$200$500facility $74professional $138

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
2 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 2nd of 51

$138

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.