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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Ohio 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?

$5,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$427 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,399 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,965Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $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
$851.14
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 15th of 50

$5,607

$479 physician + $5,129 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.