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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Illinois 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?

$3,615

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$525$457 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,291 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,762Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $891
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $525

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
$588.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
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
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 20th of 51

$3,615

$525 physician + $3,090 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.