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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Connecticut 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?

$6,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$759$646 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,236 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $871 to $12,303Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$6,254

$759 physician + $5,495 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.