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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$4,019

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$575 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,089 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,311professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 20.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$4,019

$708 physician + $3,311 facility

IN $22,950WV $1,112

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.