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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Minnesota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$166$105 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$209 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $89 to $891Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $89 to $372
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $166

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
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$170

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.