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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 October 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$3,282

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,282 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$398$295 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,096 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $355 to $9,120Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $214 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $398

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
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
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$3,282

$398 physician + $2,884 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.