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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Nebraska 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?

$9,382

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,382 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$871$501 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,166 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $912 to $14,454Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $871

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$9,382

$871 physician + $8,511 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.