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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

North Carolina 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$776$550 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$692 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $525 to $9,333Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $776

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
$524.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$813

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.