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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Nevada 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?

$1,719

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,719 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$170$77.62 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$479 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,365Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $63 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $170

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
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$295.12
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
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
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.20

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 11th of 51

$1,719

$170 physician + $1,549 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.