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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

West Virginia 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?

$1,112

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$490 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$537 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,738Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $537professional $575

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$1,112

$575 physician + $537 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.