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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open cost?

$6,981

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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$525$447 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,138 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $6,607Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $380 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $6,457professional $525

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
$954.99
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
7 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
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Washington, DC 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

Alabama· 3rd of 51

$6,981

$525 physician + $6,457 facility

DC $7,757MT $1,518

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.