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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Delaware 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 Delaware, 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$77.62 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$417 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $100 to $7,244Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $72 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 9th 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.