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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

North Dakota 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$1,047$537 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$525 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $1,047

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
$537.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 7th of 51

$1,047

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.