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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Connecticut 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?

$10,181

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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$631$457 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$7,413 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $16,218Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,550professional $631

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
$4,677.35
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 50

$10,181

$631 physician + $9,550 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.