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Injection Around The Rectum For Prolapse

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 45520

An injection of a solution into the tissues around the rectum that causes controlled scarring, helping to hold in place a rectum that has been slipping out through the anus. It is done without any incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Injection Around The Rectum For Prolapse cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$79.43 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$102 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $66 to $2,455Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $51 to $398
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $234professional $158

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
$38.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Washington, DC. 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$158

WI $240DC $52.48

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.