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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Nevada 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?

$3,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$479$437 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,239 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,762Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,344
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,692professional $479

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
$436.52
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83

Where Nevada 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 feeNevada $3,170 · 38th 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.