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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Missouri 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?

$4,030

Typical total for the visit. In Missouri, October 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$490 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,995 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,913Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $562

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
$2,454.71
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
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
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 17th of 51

$4,030

$562 physician + $3,467 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.