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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Florida 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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 7 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$479 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$3,020 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $15,136Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 41st of 51

$646

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.