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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 October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$2,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$398$295 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,511Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $79 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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· 47th of 51

$2,260

$398 physician + $1,862 facility

WI $7,341MT $1,483

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.