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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$3,371

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,371 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$209$186 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,042 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,715Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $170 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $209

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Colorado 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

Alabama· 15th of 51

$3,371

$209 physician + $3,162 facility

CO $6,406MT $571

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.