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Removal Of A Surgical Drain Thread From The Anal Area

Alabama rates for HCPCS 46030

Removal of a seton, a thin thread or band that had been placed through an anal fistula tract to keep it open for drainage and gradually allow it to heal. Taking it out is done once the tract has drained sufficiently or the seton has done its job of preparing the area for the fistula to close or heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Surgical Drain Thread From The Anal Area cost?

$1,920

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$97.72 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$724 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,884Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $81 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $141

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
$173.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 21.2 times more in Indiana than in South Dakota. 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

Alabama· 23rd of 50

$1,920

$141 physician + $1,778 facility

IN $5,758SD $272

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.