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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 July 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$83.18 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$141 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $87 to $7,244Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $72 to $389
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $372professional $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
$89.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 50

$562

$191 physician + $372 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.