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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Kentucky 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?

$1,414

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$95.50$63.10 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$427 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,890Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $56 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $95

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
$72.44
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$31.62

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 18th of 51

$1,414

$95.50 physician + $1,318 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.