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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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$1,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$224$79.43 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$501 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,890Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $224

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
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
$34.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$1,201

$224 physician + $977 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.