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Surgical Removal Of External Hemorrhoids

Maine rates for HCPCS 46250

This procedure surgically removes hemorrhoids located on the outside of the anus, cutting away the swollen tissue rather than treating it with a less invasive technique such as banding. It is used when external hemorrhoids are large, persistent, or causing significant symptoms that other treatments have not resolved.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of External Hemorrhoids cost?

$2,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$398 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,950 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,311Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $562

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 7.7 times more in Connecticut than in Delaware. 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

Maine· 31st of 50

$2,512

$562 physician + $1,950 facility

CT $7,408DE $957

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.