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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Arizona 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?

$4,453

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$501 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,622 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,913Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $562

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
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,952.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
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
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$4,453

$562 physician + $3,890 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.