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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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$1,070

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$151 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$269 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,090Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $110 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $275

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
$70.79
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$794.33
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$1,070

$275 physician + $794 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.