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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$2,119

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$214$182 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$692 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,762Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $155 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $214

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
$239.88
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
7 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
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,119

$214 physician + $1,905 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.