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Nursing Facility Discharge Day Visit

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99315

The doctor's or other qualified clinician's work on the day a patient leaves a nursing facility: a final examination, a discussion with the patient and family about what happens next, instructions and prescriptions, and preparation of the discharge paperwork. This covers the shorter version, when that work is completed in less time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nursing Facility Discharge Day Visit cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$141$79.43 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$158 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $148 to $229Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $62 to $257
$100$200facility $166professional $141

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$302.00

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$148

MN $151UT $53.70

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.