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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Illinois 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?

$6,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$617$562 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,467 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,482Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $617

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
$588.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 12th of 51

$6,642

$617 physician + $6,026 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.