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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

South Carolina 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?

$12,366

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,749 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$617$525 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,749$1,445 to $19,498

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $631 to $22,909Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $468 to $977
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $11,749professional $617

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
$630.96
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 5th of 50

$12,366

$617 physician + $11,749 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.