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Nursing Facility Evaluation for Acute Change in Condition

Massachusetts 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$200 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$158 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $158 to $575Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $182 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $200professional $234

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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$214

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.