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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Alaska rates for HCPCS 46917

Destroys warts or similar small growths on and around the anus with a laser beam, which vaporizes them. It is used for a straightforward number of lesions rather than widespread disease. The treated skin scabs and heals over a few weeks.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus cost?

$3,977

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$380 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,291 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $977 to $9,772Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $589

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
$676.08
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,187.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,148.15
12 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
$66.07
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$3,977

$589 physician + $3,388 facility

CO $4,763ND $853

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.