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Hospital Discharge Visit

Vermont 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?

$100

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $115.

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

Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $151
$100$200professional $100

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 16th of 51

$100

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.