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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 July 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $245 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$302$191 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$107 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $78 to $631Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,259
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $245professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana 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· 42nd of 50

$547

$302 physician + $245 facility

IN $6,051MT $448

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.