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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Kansas 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?

$4,065

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,065 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$676$537 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,905 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,943Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $676

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
$1,949.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
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
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 15th of 51

$4,065

$676 physician + $3,388 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.