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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Rhode Island 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?

$1,412

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$95.50 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$676 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,898Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $76 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 19th of 51

$1,412

$182 physician + $1,230 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.