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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Connecticut 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?

$8,835

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,835 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$891$759 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,467 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $20,893Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $891

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
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,467.37
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$8,835

$891 physician + $7,943 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.