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Anoscopy With Biopsy

South Carolina 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?

$1,262

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$191$72.44 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$646 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,495Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $68 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $191

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
$89.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
6 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
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 22nd of 51

$1,262

$191 physician + $1,072 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.