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Nursing Facility Evaluation for Acute Change in Condition

Arizona rates for HCPCS G9685

Physician service or other qualified health care professional for the evaluation and management of a beneficiary's acute change in condition in a nursing facility. This service is for a demonstration project

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nursing Facility Evaluation for Acute Change in Condition cost?

$209

Typical physician fee. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $398.

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 $339 · 10th to 90th $89 to $603Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $141 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $200

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Arizona· 27th of 51

$209

AK $708AL $151

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.