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Anoscopy With Biopsy

South Dakota 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?

$458

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $458 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$120 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$105 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,291Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $69 to $603
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $234

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
$74.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$524.81
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$776.25

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$458

$234 physician + $224 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.