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Hospital Discharge Visit

Minnesota 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$115$75.86 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$148 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $63 to $617Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $63 to $263
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $245professional $115

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
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $117 · 1st 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.