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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Florida 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?

$7,881

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,881 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,020 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $15,136Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $891
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,413professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63

Where Florida 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 feeFlorida $7,881 · 7th 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.