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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

New Mexico 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?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $102.

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 $63 · 10th to 90th $56 to $76Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $59 to $115
$50$100facility $63professional $71

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 34th of 51

$70.79

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.