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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 July 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$1,665

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$77.62 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,000 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,455Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $69 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $186

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 29th of 50

$1,665

$186 physician + $1,479 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.