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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

New York 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?

$6,563

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$468 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$2,570 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $14,125Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $437 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $537

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,238.72
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
15 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
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
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
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$141.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19

Where New York 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 York· 15th of 51

$6,563

$537 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.