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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$257 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$263 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,630Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $479

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
$251.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
8 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
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 5th 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.