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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Indiana 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?

$22,950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $22,387 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$513 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$22,387$7,943 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22,387 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $35,481Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $22,387professional $562

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
$812.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$22,950

$562 physician + $22,387 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.