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Biopsy of an Eye Movement Muscle

Virginia 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?

$4,016

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,016 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$186 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,318 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $251 to $10,965Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $166 to $295
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
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
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 9th of 51

$4,016

$214 physician + $3,802 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.