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Hospital Discharge Visit

Delaware 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?

$77.62

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $123.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $56 to $151Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $204
$100$200facility $66professional $78

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
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 38th of 51

$77.62

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.