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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

North Dakota 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?

$2,887

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,887 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$891$776 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$447 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,236Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $891

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$2,887

$891 physician + $1,995 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.