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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Indiana 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$182$135 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$631 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $105 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $182

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
$181.97
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
7 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
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures + 59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 50th of 51

$182

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.