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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,717

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$447 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,445 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,413Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $417 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $479

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
$831.76
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
11 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
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$2,717

$479 physician + $2,239 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.