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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Connecticut 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?

$4,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$295$234 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,884 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,749Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $170 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $295

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$645.65
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
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$4,866

$295 physician + $4,571 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.