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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

South Dakota 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 8 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$110$102 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$145 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $107 to $275Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $91 to $257
$20$50$100$200facility $275professional $110

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$257.04
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 31st of 51

$110

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.