go back

Nursing Facility Evaluation for Acute Change in Condition

New York 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$204$151 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$151 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $151 to $219Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $145 to $447
$100$200$500facility $151professional $204

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
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$758.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
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
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22

Where New York 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.

New York· 48th of 51

$158

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.