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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Utah 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 Utah, 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 $1,202 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$186 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$282 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,169Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $28 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
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
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th 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.