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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Montana 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?

$1,000

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$339$204 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$209 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,995Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $132 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $339

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
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
$63.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$891.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,000

$339 physician + $661 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.