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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Iowa 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?

$5,711

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,711 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$550 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,388 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $871 to $13,490Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $813

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 50

$5,711

$813 physician + $4,898 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.