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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 July 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$105 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$105 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $74 to $5,248Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $74 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $240

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,489.63
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 43rd of 50

$522

$240 physician + $282 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.