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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Missouri 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$112$93.33 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$81.28 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $174Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $74 to $282
$20$50$100$200$500facility $100professional $112

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
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$112

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.