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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Delaware 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?

$5,447

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,447 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$513 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$4,074 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $9,550Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $550

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 27th of 50

$5,447

$550 physician + $4,898 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.