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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Maine 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?

$3,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$794$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$2,188 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $813 to $3,890Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,148
$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
12 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
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54

Where Maine 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

Maine· 34th of 51

$3,033

$794 physician + $2,239 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.