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Anoscopy With Biopsy

New Mexico 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?

$1,094

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,094 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$182$97.72 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$525 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,311Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $76 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $182

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
$120.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
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
$38.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$39.81

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$1,094

$182 physician + $912 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.