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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Kentucky 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?

$2,442

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,442 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$447$389 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$891 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,128Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $363 to $708
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $447

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
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
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
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$2,442

$447 physician + $1,995 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.