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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 July 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$83.18

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $75.86 to $91.20.

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 $83 · 10th to 90th $71 to $148
$100.0$200.0professional $83

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont $83.18 · 20th 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.