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Hospital Discharge Visit

Connecticut 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$85.11$72.44 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$129 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $126 to $178Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $60 to $174
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $129professional $85

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
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 15th of 51

$85.11

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.