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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Arizona 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?

$4,281

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,281 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$427 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,951 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,762Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,512
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $479

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
$2,238.72
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76

Where Arizona 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 feeArizona $4,281 · 27th 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.