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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Rhode Island 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 4 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 $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$479 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,981Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $158 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
3 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
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$275

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.