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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 October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$5,936

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$1,862$1,175 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$3,311 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,862

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 5th of 51

$5,936

$1,862 physician + $4,074 facility

WI $7,341MT $1,483

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.