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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Utah 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?

$6,647

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$759$525 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,388 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,233Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,020
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $759

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
$758.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01

Where Utah 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

Utah· 18th of 50

$6,647

$759 physician + $5,888 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.