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Hospital Discharge Visit

Alabama 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $158 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$74.13$60.26 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$141 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $72 to $219Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $52 to $182
$50$100$200facility $158professional $74

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
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$75.86

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.