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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Illinois 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$195 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$501 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,512Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $151 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $275

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
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
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
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$288

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.