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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Arizona 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?

$1,973

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,973 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$195$79.43 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$302 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $89 to $5,623Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $69 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $195

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 50

$1,973

$195 physician + $1,778 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.