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Anal Canal Exam With Foreign Body Removal

New Jersey 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 October 2026.

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

$1,889

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,889 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$191$72.44 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$977 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,026Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $59 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $191

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
$79.43
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Connecticut than in North Dakota. 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$1,889

$191 physician + $1,698 facility

CT $3,064ND $538

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.