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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Alabama 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$95.50$83.18 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$145 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $93 to $224Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $263
$100$200$500facility $166professional $95

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
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$97.72

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.