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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Mississippi 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?

$2,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$617 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,202 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,000

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
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$269.15
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 40th of 51

$2,660

$1,000 physician + $1,660 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.