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Collarbone Joint Biopsy, Open

Tennessee 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?

$3,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$468 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,660 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $5,888Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $575

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
$2,344.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
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
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$3,394

$575 physician + $2,818 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.