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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

North Carolina 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?

$2,013

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$724$562 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$708 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $537 to $14,454Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $724

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
$537.03
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$2,013

$724 physician + $1,288 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.