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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Illinois 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?

$3,314

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$195 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,089 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,310Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $191 to $363
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $224

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
$380.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$870.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
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
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 16th of 51

$3,314

$224 physician + $3,090 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.