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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Colorado 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?

$6,686

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$195 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,981 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,183Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $148 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $229

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 50

$6,686

$229 physician + $6,457 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.