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Hospital Discharge Visit

Maine 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?

$83.18

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $107.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $83 to $204Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $151
$100$200facility $155professional $83

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
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th of 51

$83.18

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.