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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Rhode Island 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?

$3,219

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,219 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$525 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,820 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,244Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $417 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $589

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
3 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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 26th of 51

$3,219

$589 physician + $2,630 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.