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Hospital Discharge Visit

Montana 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 6 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$83.18$77.62 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$117 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $91 to $186Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $186
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $138professional $83

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$83.18

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.