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Hospital Discharge Visit

Nebraska 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $229 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$85.11 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$148 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $71 to $525Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $71 to $195
$100$200$500facility $229professional $129

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
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$132

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.