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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Massachusetts 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?

$1,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$245 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$186 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,981Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $145 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $513

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
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
8 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
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 48th of 51

$1,307

$513 physician + $794 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.