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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29840

This is an examination of the inside of the wrist joint using a thin camera inserted through small skin punctures, allowing the surgeon to directly view the joint surfaces and lining. A small sample of the joint lining tissue may also be taken for testing during the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$2,087

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$417 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$589 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,512
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $912professional $1,175

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $2,087 · 42nd of 50
IN $10,701WV $915

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.