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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Kentucky 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?

$3,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$398 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,202 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,715Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $363 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $457

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
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
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
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 21st of 51

$3,547

$457 physician + $3,090 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.