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Wrist Scope Washout for Infection

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 29843

Inserts a pencil-thin camera into the wrist joint through small punctures and flushes the joint with sterile fluid to wash out pus and infected debris, leaving drainage in place. It is an urgent treatment, because an infected joint can destroy cartilage within days. Antibiotics are given alongside the washout.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wrist Scope Washout for Infection cost?

$1,722

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$871$501 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$759 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,365Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $871

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
$478.63
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
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
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 10.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

South Dakota· 45th of 50

$1,722

$871 physician + $851 facility

IN $10,734WV $991

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.