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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 October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam cost?

$4,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$501$457 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,549 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $525 to $11,220Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $407 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $501

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
$1,230.27
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
6 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
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 6th of 51

$4,968

$501 physician + $4,467 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.