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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

New Mexico 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?

$5,480

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,480 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$468$417 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$708 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $550 to $15,488Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,072
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,012professional $468

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
$676.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $5,480 · 16th 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.