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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

South 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?

$117

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $145.

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 $89 · 10th to 90th $54 to $126Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $65 to $158
$100$200$500facility $89professional $117

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
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
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$117

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.