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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Georgia 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?

$4,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$631 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,230 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,000Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $776

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
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
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 36th of 51

$4,244

$776 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.