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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Utah 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?

$69.18

Typical physician fee. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $77.62.

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 $78 · 10th to 90th $78 to $78Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $50 to $83
$50$100facility $78professional $69

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
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
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 36th of 51

$69.18

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.