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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Missouri 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?

$1,743

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,743 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$85.11 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$575 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,467Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $229

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
$257.04
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
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
$34.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 10th of 51

$1,743

$229 physician + $1,514 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.