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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

South Carolina 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?

$4,109

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,109 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$479$355 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,862 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $13,804Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $89 to $676
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$524.81
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
8 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
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 13th of 51

$4,109

$479 physician + $3,631 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.