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Widening a Narrowed Anal Opening in an Infant

Alabama rates for HCPCS 46705

A plastic repair that widens a narrowed anal opening in an infant so that stool can pass normally. The tight ring of tissue is released and the surrounding skin and lining are rearranged to hold the opening at a healthy size as it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening a Narrowed Anal Opening in an Infant cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$525 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,259 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,677Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $603

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$631

CA $1,445VT $525

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.