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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$1,421

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$219$182 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$288 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $182 to $8,710Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $178 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 25.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

North Carolina· 41st of 50

$1,421

$219 physician + $1,202 facility

IN $10,204WV $395

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.