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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

Rhode Island 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?

$3,481

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$724 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,413 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,244Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $851

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
3 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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$3,481

$851 physician + $2,630 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.