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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

South Dakota 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?

$1,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$468 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$708 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,365Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,349
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $794professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota $1,607 · 46th 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.