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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 October 2026.

How much does Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware cost?

$4,766

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,766 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$692$550 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,291 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,710Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $692

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
6 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
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$4,766

$692 physician + $4,074 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.