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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Louisiana 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?

$4,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$562$457 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,549 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,762Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $398 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $562

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
$891.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 50

$4,030

$562 physician + $3,467 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.