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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Alabama rates for HCPCS 29800

A minimally invasive procedure using a small camera (arthroscope) inserted into the jaw joint — the joint just in front of the ear that connects the jawbone to the skull — to look inside and diagnose problems. A small tissue sample of the joint lining may also be taken during the same exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 4 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$550$468 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,259 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $550

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$851

CA $5,012DE $537

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.