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Extended Advance Care Planning Discussion

Virginia 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74.13$67.61 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$74.13 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $68 to $380Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $60 to $93
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $87professional $74

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
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
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th of 51

$74.13

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.