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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

South Carolina 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$229$155 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$537 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,026Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $100 to $468
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $229

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
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
8 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
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$240

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.