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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 July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$1,369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$912$457 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$447 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,511Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $912

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
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 50

$1,369

$912 physician + $457 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.