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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 October 2026.

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

$5,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$603$550 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,738 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $646 to $15,849Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $490 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $603

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
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
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
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 18th of 51

$5,973

$603 physician + $5,370 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.