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Anoscopy With Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$148 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$74.13 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,622Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $89 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $263professional $257

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
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.18

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 50th of 51

$520

$257 physician + $263 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.