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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

New Hampshire 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?

$4,598

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$708$525 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,585 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $11,482Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,148
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,890professional $708

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
$100.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54

Where New Hampshire 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 feeNew Hampshire $4,598 · 24th 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.