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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Georgia 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?

$950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$105 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$457 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,365Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $74 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $209

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
$79.43
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$676.08
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
$37.15
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 34th of 51

$950

$209 physician + $741 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.