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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Maryland 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$209$170 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$295 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,047Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $151 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $209

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
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$489.78
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
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$209

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.