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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Louisiana 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?

$2,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$234$214 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,514 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,918Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $178 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $234

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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$2,372

$234 physician + $2,138 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.