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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Massachusetts 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?

$1,507

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$91.20 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$115 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $87 to $3,715Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $74 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $219

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
$234.42
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$776.25

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$1,507

$219 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.