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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

New York 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?

$4,163

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,163 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$158 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,905 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $9,772Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $182

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
$1,513.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$660.69
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
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
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55

Where New York 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

New York· 8th of 51

$4,163

$182 physician + $3,981 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.