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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Montana 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?

$507

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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$191$117 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$123 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $117 to $617Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $79 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $191

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
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
$37.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$83.18

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$507

$191 physician + $316 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.