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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Alabama 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?

$1,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$83.18 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$955 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,905Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $72 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $186

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
1 more rate 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
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 13th of 51

$1,599

$186 physician + $1,413 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.