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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

North Carolina 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?

$1,685

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,685 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$589$468 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$589 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $9,772Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $589

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
$436.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$1,685

$589 physician + $1,096 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.