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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Iowa 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$468$339 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$457 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,715Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $234 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $468

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
$309.03
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
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
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$479

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.