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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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$611

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $611 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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$97.72$79.43 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$347 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,380Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $98

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
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$34.67

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 48th of 51

$611

$97.72 physician + $513 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.