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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Connecticut 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?

$3,794

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,794 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$245$135 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,349 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $79 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $245

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$602.56
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
$43.65
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.88

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$3,794

$245 physician + $3,548 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.