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Anoscopy With Biopsy

West 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 October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$1,274

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,274 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$75.86 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$661 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $427 to $7,244Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $60 to $389
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $178

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$162.18
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
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.92
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 21st of 51

$1,274

$178 physician + $1,096 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.