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Diagnostic Wrist Scope Exam

West 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?

$915

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$437 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$437 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,738Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $407 to $646
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $437professional $479

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44

Where West 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 feeWest Virginia $915 · 50th 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.