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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Arkansas 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?

$4,113

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$646$575 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,344 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,120Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $537 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$4,113

$646 physician + $3,467 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.