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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 July 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$448

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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$75.86 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$129 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $100 to $525Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $69 to $479
$100$1K$10Kfacility $257professional $191

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 50

$448

$191 physician + $257 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.