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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Louisiana 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?

$3,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$562$457 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,318 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,754Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $398 to $891
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,692professional $562

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
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $3,254 · 37th 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.