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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

New Jersey 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?

$8,338

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$525 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$6,026 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $12,589Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $575

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
$4,168.69
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$38,018.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 50

$8,338

$575 physician + $7,762 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.