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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$288$224 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$316 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,467Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $178 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $288

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
$398.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
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
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 25th 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.