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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 October 2026.

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

$6,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$708$603 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,818 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $23,988Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $427 to $955
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $708

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 10th of 51

$6,734

$708 physician + $6,026 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.