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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Missouri 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$275$191 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$398 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,236Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $275

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
$288.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
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
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$282

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.