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Hospital Discharge Visit

Tennessee 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 7 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$81.28$72.44 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$54.95 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $55 to $138Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $63 to $295
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $72professional $81

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
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $81.28 · 28th 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.