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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 October 2026.

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

$6,588

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,588 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$562$513 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,981 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $12,882Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $427 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $562

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
$4,466.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
6 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
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$6,588

$562 physician + $6,026 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.