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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Maryland 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?

$617

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $589 to $813.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,467Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $562 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$617

AK $2,399TX $282

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.