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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 July 2026.

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

$1,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$955$550 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$851 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,365Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $955

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 46th of 50

$1,932

$955 physician + $977 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.