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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Minnesota 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?

$1,148

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$372$282 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$355 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,079Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $204 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $372

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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$1,148

$372 physician + $776 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.