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Hospital Discharge Visit

North Dakota 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?

$79.43

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $158.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $55 to $74Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $62 to $182
$100$200facility $62professional $79

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
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 30th of 51

$79.43

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.