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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Arkansas 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?

$2,412

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$550$490 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,514 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $4,169Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $447 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$549.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
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
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$2,412

$550 physician + $1,862 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.