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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Kentucky 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?

$1,581

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$263$110 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$603 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $209 to $2,884Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $95 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $263

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
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$1,581

$263 physician + $1,318 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.