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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Illinois 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 Illinois, 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 $97.72 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$115$93.33 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$83.18 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $309Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $79 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $98professional $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
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 20th 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.