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Hospital Discharge Visit

Kansas 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$70.79$63.10 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$61.66 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $55 to $141Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $55 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $81professional $71

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
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 49th of 51

$72.44

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.