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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Alabama rates for HCPCS 46500

This procedure injects a solution directly into a hemorrhoid to shrink it, causing the surrounding tissue to scar and the swollen vein to shrink over time. It's a nonsurgical, in-office treatment option for internal hemorrhoids. Multiple hemorrhoids can be treated in one visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 5 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$251$186 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,175 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,951Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $251

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
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
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

Alabama· 27th of 51

$275

MN $537KY $195

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.