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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 October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$3,100

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,100 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$708 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,862 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,762Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $912

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
22 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
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 24th of 51

$3,100

$912 physician + $2,188 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.