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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$2,200

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$380$151 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$933 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,898Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $123 to $676
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,820professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $2,200 · 25th of 50
IN $6,633WV $716

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.