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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Missouri 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?

$5,447

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$468 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,778 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $676 to $13,804Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,692
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,898professional $550

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
$1,258.93
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96

Where Missouri 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 feeMissouri $5,447 · 18th 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.