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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Louisiana 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 5 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$661$537 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,318 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,888Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $661

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
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$871

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.