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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$275$162 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$282 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,981Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $91 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $275

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
$69.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$812.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 50

$1,209

$275 physician + $933 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.