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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Maine 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?

$3,383

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$692$631 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,570 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,079Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
12 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
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Maine 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

Maine· 45th of 51

$3,383

$692 physician + $2,692 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.