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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

New Mexico 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?

$2,501

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,501 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$363$174 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,288 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,233Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $120 to $661
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $363

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
$134.90
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
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
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 19th of 51

$2,501

$363 physician + $2,138 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.