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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Georgia rates for HCPCS 29804

Uses a pencil-thin camera passed through a tiny puncture in front of the ear to treat problems inside the jaw joint - trimming damaged tissue, releasing adhesions, or removing loose fragments. Unlike a look-only examination of the joint, treatment is actually carried out during this procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint cost?

$2,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$891$776 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$955 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,586Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $891

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Wisconsin 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$2,797

$891 physician + $1,905 facility

WI $7,788MT $1,867

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.