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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 July 2026.

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

$2,445

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,445 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$1,349$513 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$708 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $1,349

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
$1,737.80
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 20.6 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

Alaska· 42nd of 50

$2,445

$1,349 physician + $1,096 facility

IN $22,950WV $1,112

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.