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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 October 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$6,406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$240$214 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,020 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $12,589Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $191 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $240

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
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
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$6,406

$240 physician + $6,166 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.