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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Iowa 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?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $102 to $209.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $76 to $209Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $81 to $380
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $120

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
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$120

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.