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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Mississippi 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$617$479 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$832 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $631 to $5,754Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $617

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
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 31st of 51

$759

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.