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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Maine 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?

$2,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$575$537 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$2,188 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,890Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $871
$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
12 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
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Maine 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

Maine· 33rd of 51

$2,814

$575 physician + $2,239 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.