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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 July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$1,422

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,422 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$646$537 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$759 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $603 to $933Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $646

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 47th of 50

$1,422

$646 physician + $776 facility

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.