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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Arizona 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?

$5,276

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,276 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$490$427 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,090 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,772Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $490

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 25th of 50

$5,276

$490 physician + $4,786 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.