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Observation Care Discharge Day

Washington rates for HCPCS 99217

The doctor's work on the day you leave hospital after a stay under observation. It covers a final examination, going through the results and what they mean, arranging prescriptions and follow-up appointments, and preparing the discharge paperwork and instructions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Observation Care Discharge Day cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $110 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$79.43 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$77.62 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $59 to $174Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $65 to $170
$100$200facility $110professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Kansas than in South Carolina. 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.

Washington· 20th of 49

$112

KS $501SC $30.20

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.