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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Tennessee 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?

$4,911

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,911 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$646$525 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,188 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $646

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
$891.25
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 50

$4,911

$646 physician + $4,266 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.