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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Nebraska 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?

$8,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$759$550 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,012 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,454Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,512
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,586professional $759

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNebraska $8,344 · 5th of 50
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.