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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Kentucky 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?

$1,739

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,739 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$191$182 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$759 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $209 to $3,090Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $155 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $191

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
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
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
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$1,739

$191 physician + $1,549 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.