go back

Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

South Dakota 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$437$316 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$269 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $219 to $759Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $214 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $437

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
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
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
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 8th of 51

$437

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.