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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Arkansas 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?

$1,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$170$91.20 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$331 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,698Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $79 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $170

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
$91.20
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
5 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
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.30

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$1,170

$170 physician + $1,000 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.