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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Ohio 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?

$2,485

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,485 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$162 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$977 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,120Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $81 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $490

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
10 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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 47th of 51

$2,485

$490 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.