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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Delaware 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?

$100

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $129.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $81 to $87Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $72 to $214
$50$100$200facility $83professional $100

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
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 48th of 51

$100

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.