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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Iowa 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?

$1,065

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,065 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$288$170 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$437 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,012Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $107 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $288

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
$446.68
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$758.58
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
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 30th of 51

$1,065

$288 physician + $776 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.