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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Rhode Island 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?

$2,689

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,689 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$195 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,762Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $178 to $339
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$2,689

$234 physician + $2,455 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.