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Hospital Discharge Management, Over 30 Minutes

West Virginia 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 West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 5 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$129$93.33 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$85.11 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $81 to $110Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $81 to $245
$20$50$100$200$500facility $85professional $129

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
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
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
$204.17
Typical High
$512.86
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 13th 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.