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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Louisiana 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?

$1,483

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$89.13 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$832 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,467Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $72 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$426.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$1,483

$195 physician + $1,288 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.