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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 July 2026.

How much does Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle cost?

$5,138

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,138 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$240$204 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,698 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $240 to $21,878Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $182 to $331
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $240

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
$239.88
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59

Where South 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

South Carolina· 9th of 50

$5,138

$240 physician + $4,898 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.