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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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$4,579

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,579 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$214$100 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,318 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $468 to $8,318Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $79 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $214

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
$281.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
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
$38.02
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.18

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,579

$214 physician + $4,365 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.