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Hospital Discharge Visit

Louisiana 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 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 $72.44 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$81.28$70.79 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$72.44 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $72 to $151Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $62 to $129
$100$200facility $72professional $81

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
9 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.59

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$79.43

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.