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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

South Dakota 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?

$1,843

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$295 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$562 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,862Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $525

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
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$870.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$54.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 34th of 51

$1,843

$525 physician + $1,318 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.