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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Arizona 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?

$2,186

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$191$170 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$977 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,166Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $191

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 34th of 51

$2,186

$191 physician + $1,995 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.