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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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$680

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $680 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$263$174 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$229 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,202Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $123 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $263

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
$74.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$524.81
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$724.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$776.25
5 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
$31.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 47th of 51

$680

$263 physician + $417 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.