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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Iowa 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$832$537 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,913Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $832

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$933

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.