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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 October 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$148$93.33 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$63.10 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $55 to $398Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $63 to $269
$100$200$500facility $74professional $148

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
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
6 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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$141

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.