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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Indiana 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?

$10,701

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,701 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$427 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$6,026 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $17,783Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $398 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $468

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
$707.95
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$10,701

$468 physician + $10,233 facility

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.