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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 46606

This is an examination of the anal canal and lowest part of the rectum using a short, rigid scope, during which a small tissue sample is taken for laboratory analysis. It is used to evaluate abnormal-appearing tissue, such as a growth or suspicious area, found during a visual exam. The procedure is brief and typically done in an office setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$1,039

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$214 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$575 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,677Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $363

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,445.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
10 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
$38.02
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$138.04

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 31st of 51

$1,039

$363 physician + $676 facility

CO $4,579MT $507

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.