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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Utah 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?

$4,331

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$162$138 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,089 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $214 to $8,318Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $123 to $282
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $162

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
$213.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,220.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81
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
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$4,331

$162 physician + $4,169 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.