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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Idaho 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?

$5,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$851 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,818 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $1,072

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$9,772.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
22 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 20th of 51

$5,642

$1,072 physician + $4,571 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.