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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Alaska rates for HCPCS 23101

An open surgical procedure in which a joint involving the collarbone - either where it meets the shoulder blade or where it meets the breastbone - is opened through an incision to take a tissue sample from inside the joint, rather than the main ball-and-socket shoulder joint. It is used to help diagnose conditions affecting the joint lining or surrounding tissue when a sample of tissue is needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open cost?

$2,192

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$1,259$427 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$589 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $933professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 41st of 50

$2,192

$1,259 physician + $933 facility

HI $13,189WV $936

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.