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Incision Of A Painful Blood Clot In An External Hemorrhoid

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 46083

A quick in-office procedure to cut open and drain a blood clot that has formed in an external hemorrhoid, the swollen vein tissue at the anal opening. It is done to relieve the sudden, sharp pain that a clotted hemorrhoid can cause, and provides much faster relief than waiting for the clot to resolve on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Incision Of A Painful Blood Clot In An External Hemorrhoid cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$126 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$447 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $102 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $178

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
$257.04
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$204

MN $347KY $155

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.