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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

Montana 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 negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$120$100 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$174 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $135 to $389Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $363
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $195professional $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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th 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.