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Hospital Discharge Visit

Michigan 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$70.79 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$81.28 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $186Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $123
$100$200facility $83professional $83

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$158.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
12 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FS · Shared visit
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FS · Shared visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$83.18

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.