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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 October 2026.

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

$3,270

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$676 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$759 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,943Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,399professional $871

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,232.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
7 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
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$3,270

$871 physician + $2,399 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.