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Opening the Collarbone Joint of the Shoulder

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 23044

Opens one of the small joints the collarbone forms — either where it meets the tip of the shoulder blade at the top of the shoulder, or where it meets the breastbone — so the surgeon can look inside, wash out infection, or take out a loose fragment or foreign object. The joint is opened through a short incision directly over it. It targets those collarbone joints rather than the main ball-and-socket of the shoulder.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening the Collarbone Joint of the Shoulder cost?

$3,347

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,347 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$776$603 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,660 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,754Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $513 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $776

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.1 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

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$3,347

$776 physician + $2,570 facility

WI $7,505MT $1,845

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.