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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Iowa 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?

$2,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$295 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$955 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,079Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $550

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
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$2,840

$550 physician + $2,291 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.