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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 October 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$83.18

Typical physician fee. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $69.18 to $102.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $56 to $363Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $59 to $162
$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $83

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
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FS · Shared visit
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th 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.