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Hospital Discharge Visit

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 7 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$81.28$64.57 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$58.88 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $52 to $105Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $54 to $186
$1.0$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0facility $69professional $81

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
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $79.43 · 35th 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.