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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Kentucky 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?

$3,120

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,120 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$550$479 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,148 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $617 to $8,511Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $933
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $550

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
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
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
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$3,120

$550 physician + $2,570 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.