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Hospital Discharge Visit

Virginia 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$77.62$69.18 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$67.61 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $58 to $372Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $60 to $117
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $81professional $78

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
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
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
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.76

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$77.62

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.