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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Colorado 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 7 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$112$89.13 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$91.20 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $76 to $204Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $83 to $339
$100$200$500facility $123professional $112

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
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$112

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.