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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 October 2026.

How much does Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware cost?

$3,980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 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$513$490 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,950 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,244Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $447 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
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
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 41st of 51

$3,980

$513 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.