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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Michigan 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$269$219 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$182 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $182 to $955Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $182 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $269

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
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures + 59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$269

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.