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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Nebraska 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?

$1,532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$151$105 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$468 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,761Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $71 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $151

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
$245.47
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
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
$34.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$1,532

$151 physician + $1,380 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.