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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 July 2026.

How much does Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open cost?

$4,332

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$617$490 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,818 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,511Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $617

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,288.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,265.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$33,884.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 31st of 50

$4,332

$617 physician + $3,715 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.