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Keyhole Surgery Of The Jaw Joint

South Carolina 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?

$4,180

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,180 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$550$295 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,820 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,183Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $93 to $955
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $550

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
$691.83
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$4,180

$550 physician + $3,631 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.