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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Connecticut 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?

$4,123

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,123 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$407$251 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,943Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $407

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$4,123

$407 physician + $3,715 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.