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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Arkansas 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$102$91.20 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$102 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $91 to $120Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $81 to $269
$20$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $102

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
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
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
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$102

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.