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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 October 2026.

How much does Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware cost?

$4,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$912 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$537 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 34th of 51

$4,307

$1,072 physician + $3,236 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.