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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

Virginia 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?

$4,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$537$468 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$589 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,965Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,445
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,548professional $537

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
$794.33
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25

Where Virginia 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 feeVirginia $4,085 · 30th 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.