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Nursing Facility Discharge Day, Longer Visit

Washington rates for HCPCS 99316

The doctor's work on the day a patient leaves a nursing facility: a final examination, discussion with the patient and family, arranging follow-up care and medicines, and completing the discharge records. This is the longer version, used when that work takes more than half an hour.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nursing Facility Discharge Day, Longer Visit cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, 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 $141 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 11 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$105 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$115 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $115 to $275Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $83 to $324
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $141professional $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
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington $120 · 10th of 51
AK $219UT $83.18

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.