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Nursing Facility Evaluation for Acute Change in Condition

Minnesota 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$204 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$170 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,413Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $263

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$282

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.