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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Maryland 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?

$506

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $506 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$79.43 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$105 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $42 to $3,467Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $72 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $182

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
$41.69
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 45th of 50

$506

$182 physician + $324 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.