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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Idaho 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?

$3,643

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,643 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$479 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$794 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,511Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $447 to $912
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,884professional $759

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,413.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25

Where Idaho 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 feeIdaho $3,643 · 35th 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.