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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Minnesota 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?

$3,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,259$912 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,122 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,259

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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$3,254

$1,259 physician + $1,995 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.