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Hospital Discharge Visit

Arizona 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$83.18$67.61 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$61.66 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $52 to $407Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $58 to $263
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $78professional $83

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
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$169.82

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $83.18 · 22nd 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.