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Incision Of A Painful Blood Clot In An External Hemorrhoid

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 7 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$195$129 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$174 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $126 to $5,623Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $107 to $437
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $269professional $195

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
$128.82
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 25th 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.