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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 67346

Removal of a small sample of tissue from one of the muscles that moves the eye, so it can be examined under a microscope. It is used to help diagnose muscle or inflammatory conditions affecting eye movement, such as unexplained muscle enlargement or suspected inflammatory or autoimmune disease. The sample is typically taken through a small incision in the tissue covering the white of the eye.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$3,186

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 68 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$191 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$692 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $229 to $10,471Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $166 to $724
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 25.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

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IN $10,204WV $395

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.