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Anal Canal Exam With Foreign Body Removal

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 46608

This procedure uses a short, rigid scope to examine the anal canal and remove an object that has become lodged inside it. The clinician looks through the scope to safely locate the item before retrieving it. It is typically done for a swallowed or inserted object causing discomfort, blockage, or a sense that something is stuck.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anal Canal Exam With Foreign Body Removal cost?

$2,214

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 69 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$97.72 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$380 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $120 to $7,079Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $81 to $537
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $1,995professional $219

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
$275.42
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 11.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
NJ $5,462WV $472

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.