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Wrist Surgery To Stabilize A Fracture With Hardware

Virginia 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?

$4,049

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$661$562 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$708 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $575 to $15,136Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $661

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
$616.60
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 34th of 50

$4,049

$661 physician + $3,388 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.