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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Alaska rates for HCPCS 29847

This procedure uses a small camera and instruments inserted through tiny incisions in the wrist to place hardware, such as pins or screws, that stabilizes a fracture or unstable bone alignment. It allows the surgeon to fix the injury with less disruption to the surrounding tissue than a fully open surgery. It is typically used for certain wrist fractures or ligament injuries affecting joint stability.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware cost?

$10,948

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$1,413 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$5,754 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $16,982Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $550 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $2,239

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,232.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Colorado 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$10,948

$2,239 physician + $8,710 facility

CO $13,941MT $1,762

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.