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Procedure price report · Arthroscopy

Diagnostic wrist arthroscopy, with or without tissue sample

CPT 29840the billing code this page is about

Keyhole examination of the inside of the wrist joint with a camera, including a sample of joint lining if taken.

Hospitals typically charge $2,212 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 352 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,465. Most fall between $814 and $5,110 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
352
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 352 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$673$869$2,212$4,350$6,510

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($673 vs $6,510).

How the prices are spread

$456 – $610: 13 hospitals$456$610 – $816: 48 hospitals$816 – $1,091: 26 hospitals$816$1,091 – $1,460: 31 hospitals$1,460 – $1,953: 34 hospitals$1,460$1,953 – $2,613: 22 hospitals$2,613 – $3,496: 14 hospitals$2,613$3,496 – $4,677: 66 hospitals$4,677 – $6,258: 41 hospitals$4,677$6,258 – $8,372: 24 hospitals$6,258median $2,212price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (319 of 352 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$456$61013
$610$81648
$816$1,09126
$1,091$1,46031
$1,460$1,95334
$1,953$2,61322
$2,613$3,49614
$3,496$4,67766
$4,677$6,25841
$6,258$8,37224

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,212
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,212.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,855 across 10 hospitalsID$3,855Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,037 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,037Wisconsin: median $2,845 across 15 hospitalsWI$2,845Michigan: median $814 across 26 hospitalsMI$814New York: median $3,840 across 24 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $855 across 10 hospitalsOR$855Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,111 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,111Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,477 across 12 hospitalsOH$1,477Pennsylvania: median $3,804 across 14 hospitalsPA$3,804New Jersey: median $4,330 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,197 across 38 hospitalsCA$5,197Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $746 across 13 hospitalsOK$746Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,007 across 22 hospitalsTX$4,007Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,212. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA38$5,197+135%$1,472 – $5,197
New Jersey NJ30$4,330+96%$3,591 – $5,339
Texas TX22$4,007+81%$1,707 – $4,007
Idaho ID10$3,855+74%$1,282 – $8,372
New York NY24$3,840+74%$1,081 – $4,084
Pennsylvania PA14$3,804+72%$299 – $6,114
Wisconsin WI15$2,845+29%$2,269 – $4,745
Ohio OH12$1,477−33%$1,018 – $2,079
Iowa IA15$1,111−50%$1,111 – $1,111
Illinois IL13$1,037−53%$344 – $2,601
Oregon OR10$855−61%$855 – $1,515
Michigan MI26$814−63%$756 – $886
Oklahoma OK13$746−66%$746 – $4,608
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,212.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care285$2,382$814 – $5,197
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access57$1,515$793 – $4,745
Ownership
For-profit43$3,855$770 – $9,441
Government47$1,157$804 – $3,840
Non-profit262$2,079$814 – $4,745
System affiliation
Part of a system279$2,269$814 – $5,197
Independent73$1,398$793 – $4,233

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,025
Median cash price$2,212
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

192 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,472 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,371; most fall between $746 and $5,197.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 192 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$476$746$1,472$4,007$5,486

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($476 vs $5,486).

Of the 210 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 192 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

352 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 394 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted352
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code394

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Arthroscopy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthroscopy Wrist Diag W/WO Synovial Biopsy Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Diagnostic wrist arthroscopy, with or without tissue sample (CPT 29840) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29840-diagnostic-wrist-arthroscopy-with-or-without-tissue-sample