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Other Joint Scope Procedure

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 29999

Covers an operation done with a joint scope — a camera and fine instruments passed into a joint through small punctures — for which there is no standard name. The surgeon files a written report of exactly what was done inside the joint so the work can be judged. It may involve any joint, not one particular part of the body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Joint Scope Procedure cost?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $871 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,698$891 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$457 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $275 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,943
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $1,698

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
$67.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Delaware than in North Dakota. 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 50

$1,622

DE $9,550ND $339

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.