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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 October 2026.

How much does Other Joint Scope Procedure cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $447 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,738$1,047 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$324 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,862Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,310
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $447professional $1,738

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
1 more rate 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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 72.4 times more in Alaska 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.

Minnesota· 39th of 51

$501

AK $5,754MT $79.43

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.