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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

New Mexico 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$257$178 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$417 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,761Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $98 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $257

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
$199.53
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
7 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
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures + 59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 34th of 51

$257

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.