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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Oregon 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?

$1,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$813$646 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$759 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,943Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,288
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $912professional $813

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
$1,174.90
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Oregon 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 feeOregon $1,725 · 44th 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.