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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

South Carolina 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?

$4,915

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$427 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,291 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $20,893Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $89 to $813
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $550

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
$630.96
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
12 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
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 27th of 51

$4,915

$550 physician + $4,365 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.