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Hospital Discharge Visit

Mississippi 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?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $89.13.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $60 to $93Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $56 to $100
$50$100facility $93professional $74

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
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
5 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
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$75.86

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.