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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Colorado 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?

$4,763

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,763 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$174 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,239 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,710Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $141 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $398

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
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
$66.07
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,763

$398 physician + $4,365 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.