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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99239

This covers the work a doctor does to discharge a patient from the hospital when it takes more than 30 minutes, including a final exam, instructions for follow-up care, prescriptions, and discharge paperwork. It reflects a more involved discharge process than the shorter version of this service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 6 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$145$97.72 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$138 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $102 to $427Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $85 to $347
$50$100$200$500facility $209professional $145

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$148

MN $170DC $93.33

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.