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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

New Mexico 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?

$8,312

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,312 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$550$501 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$832 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $661 to $25,119Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,738
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $550

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
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 12th of 50

$8,312

$550 physician + $7,762 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.