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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

South 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?

$4,358

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$813 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$871 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $1,122

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where South 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

South Dakota· 33rd of 51

$4,358

$1,122 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.