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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Arkansas 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?

$2,044

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$224$204 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,514 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,898Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $186 to $288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $224

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
$223.87
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 39th of 51

$2,044

$224 physician + $1,820 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.