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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Kentucky 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$107 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$288 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,995Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $91 to $288
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $355professional $166

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
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$166

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.