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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 July 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$3,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$240$200 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,259 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,898Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $170 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $240

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88

Where Alabama sits

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

Alabama· 26th of 50

$3,260

$240 physician + $3,020 facility

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.