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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Michigan 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?

$5,473

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,473 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$575$447 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$4,074 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,918Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,023
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $575

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
$575.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Michigan 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 feeMichigan $5,473 · 17th 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.