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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Kansas 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?

$4,019

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$631$457 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,089 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,120Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $724
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,388professional $631

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31

Where Kansas 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 feeKansas $4,019 · 31st 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.