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Hospital Discharge Visit

Missouri 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 7 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$85.11$70.79 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$56.23 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $48 to $117Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $56 to $209
$1.0$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0facility $79professional $85

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
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $85.11 · 16th 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.