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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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$898

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$191$105 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$447 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,512Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $78 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $191

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
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$426.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$898

$191 physician + $708 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.