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Hospital Discharge Visit

Arkansas 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?

$81.28

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $93.33.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $78 to $81Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $68 to $120
$100facility $78professional $81

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
9 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
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q6 · Substitute physician, paid per time
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U2 · State-defined
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$81.28

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.