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Hospital Discharge Visit

Florida 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 8 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$79.43$64.57 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$60.26 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $58 to $85Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $59 to $182
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $62professional $79

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
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
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
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$158.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62

Where Florida 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.

Florida $79.43 · 34th 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.