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Hospital Discharge Visit

Nevada 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$61.66 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$61.66 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $62 to $83Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $58 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $65professional $72

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$131.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$112.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
3 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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.92

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 47th of 51

$72.44

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.