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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Rhode Island 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?

$2,304

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,304 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$166 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,175 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,888Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $135 to $741
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $309

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
3 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
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$398.11

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$2,304

$309 physician + $1,995 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.