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Hospital Discharge Visit

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Visit cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 5 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$100$75.86 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$66.07 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $59 to $191Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $63 to $182
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $74professional $100

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
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$363.08
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia $95.50 · 6th 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.