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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 July 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$77.62$70.79 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$72.44 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $71 to $89Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $58 to $145
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $72professional $78

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
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $77.62 · 38th 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.