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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Illinois 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?

$1,071

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,071 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$138$87.10 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$537 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,236Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $78 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $138

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
$263.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$467.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
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
$38.90
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 28th of 51

$1,071

$138 physician + $933 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.