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Diagnostic Jaw Joint Scope Exam

Vermont 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?

$631

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $661.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $891
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $631

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 42nd of 51

$631

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.