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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Georgia 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$240 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$398 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,548Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $174 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $324

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
$186.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
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
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$324

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.