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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Ohio 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?

$4,109

Typical total for the visit. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,109 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$363 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,479 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,965Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $79 to $724
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $479

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
$1,479.11
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
8 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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 39th of 51

$4,109

$479 physician + $3,631 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.