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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Iowa 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?

$4,133

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$331$200 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,239 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $363 to $9,120Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $331

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$4,133

$331 physician + $3,802 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.