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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Louisiana 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?

$5,279

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$617 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,692 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $11,749Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $525 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $708

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
$676.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$5,279

$708 physician + $4,571 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.