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Sclerotherapy Injection For Hemorrhoids

Virginia 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$195 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$363 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $204 to $4,571Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $166 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $245

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
$223.87
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$295.12
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
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
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$245

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.