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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Missouri 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?

$3,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$229$204 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,698 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,913Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $229

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
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
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 14th of 51

$3,391

$229 physician + $3,162 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.