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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Arizona 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$115$91.20 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$81.28 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $74 to $603Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $72 to $372
$20$50$100$200$500facility $112professional $115

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
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 18th of 51

$115

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.