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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Connecticut 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 October 2026.

How much does Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$234 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$794 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,761Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $178 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$347

AK $741KY $166

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.