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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Minnesota 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?

$3,851

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,851 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,096$813 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,288 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $741 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,778
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,754professional $1,096

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Minnesota 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 feeMinnesota $3,851 · 33rd 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.