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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Massachusetts 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?

$3,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$479 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,089 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,457Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,349
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,311professional $603

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $3,914 · 32nd 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.