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Anoscopy With Biopsy

North Carolina 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?

$794

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$269$158 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$339 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,692Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $85 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $525professional $269

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
$74.13
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
7 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
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$794

$269 physician + $525 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.