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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Montana 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?

$1,483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$724$490 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$759 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,630Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $347 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $724

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,483

$724 physician + $759 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.