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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 July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$2,990

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,990 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$646$468 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,259 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,333Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,148
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,344professional $646

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
$676.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24

Where Illinois 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 feeIllinois $2,990 · 39th 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.