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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Minnesota 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?

$4,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,318$955 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,549 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $891 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,236professional $1,318

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
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 50

$4,554

$1,318 physician + $3,236 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.