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Nursing Facility Evaluation for Acute Change in Condition

California 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?

$191

Typical physician fee. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $155 to $407.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $182 to $309Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $129 to $646
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $191

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
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
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
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89

Where California 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.

California· 37th of 51

$191

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.