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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Iowa 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?

$7,485

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,485 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$468 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $776 to $11,482Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $724

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
$1,819.70
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$7,485

$724 physician + $6,761 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.