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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$550$513 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,236 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $11,220Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $479 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $550

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,232.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 22nd of 50

$5,798

$550 physician + $5,248 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.