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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Minnesota 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$513$331 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$309 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,344Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $513

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
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$954.99
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$525

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.