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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Minnesota 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?

$1,550

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,550 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$479$263 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$427 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,786Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $479

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
$123.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$1,550

$479 physician + $1,072 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.