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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Utah 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?

$4,966

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$288$224 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,995 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $631 to $8,511Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $56 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $288

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
$630.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
7 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
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$4,966

$288 physician + $4,677 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.