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Hospital Discharge Visit

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99238

This is the final visit by a doctor or other clinician on the day a patient leaves the hospital, including a review of the hospital stay, final examination, instructions for ongoing care, and preparation of discharge paperwork, for a discharge that takes a shorter amount of time. A longer, more involved discharge process is billed differently.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $155 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$155$107 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$132 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $117 to $295Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $347
$100$200$500facility $155professional $155

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
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$155

AK $155NJ $67.61

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.