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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 July 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 6 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$112$75.86 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$105 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $93 to $295Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $62 to $282
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $155professional $112

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $115 · 2nd of 51
MN $117DC $64.57

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.