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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Oklahoma 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?

$8,059

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,059 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$646$550 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,802 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $955 to $14,791Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $646

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$812.83
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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$8,059

$646 physician + $7,413 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.