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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Iowa 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?

$5,622

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,622 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$724$468 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,913Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,692
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,898professional $724

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Iowa 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 feeIowa $5,622 · 14th 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.