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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Virginia 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?

$478

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $269 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$85.11 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$269$95.50 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $78 to $4,677Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $74 to $437
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $269professional $209

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
$97.72
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$426.58
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 46th of 50

$478

$209 physician + $269 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.