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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 July 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$2,821

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,821 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$191$95.50 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,012Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $74 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana 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· 14th of 50

$2,821

$191 physician + $2,630 facility

IN $6,051MT $448

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.