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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 July 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$72.44

Typical physician fee. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $61.66 to $85.11.

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 $60 · 10th to 90th $45 to $93Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $52 to $105
$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $60professional $72

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
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $72.44 · 50th 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.