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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Ohio 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$135 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$398 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,715Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $66 to $437
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $603professional $214

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
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
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
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$219

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.