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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

North Dakota 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?

$1,573

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$1,023$537 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$537 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $1,023

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
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,573

$1,023 physician + $550 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.