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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$3,431

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 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 $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$275 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $91 to $8,128Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $72 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$281.84
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$467.74
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 8th of 50

$3,431

$195 physician + $3,236 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.