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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Oklahoma 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?

$5,963

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,963 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$437 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,622 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $676
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,495professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96

Where Oklahoma 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 feeOklahoma $5,963 · 12th 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.