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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Massachusetts 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?

$2,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$589 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$724 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,623Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $741

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,089.30
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$2,326

$741 physician + $1,585 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.