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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Colorado 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?

$7,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$457 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$3,548 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $646 to $13,183Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,288
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,607professional $468

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $7,075 · 9th 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.