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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

Tennessee 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?

$2,348

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,348 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$155 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,318 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $832 to $4,898Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $398

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
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
$57.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$2,348

$398 physician + $1,950 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.