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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Missouri 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 6 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$646$550 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$2,818 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $14,125Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $646

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
$1,258.93
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 3rd of 51

$1,778

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.