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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Montana 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?

$1,731

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$776$575 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$912 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,122Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,122
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $955professional $776

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$1,731

$776 physician + $955 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.