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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

South Carolina 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?

$9,845

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$513$437 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$1,202 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $525 to $22,909Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $398 to $794
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $9,333professional $513

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
$524.81
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33

Where South Carolina 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 feeSouth Carolina $9,845 · 2nd 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.