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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Louisiana 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$107$89.13 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$105 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $93 to $123Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $79 to $204
$50$100$200facility $107professional $107

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
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$107

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.