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Laser Removal Of Growths Around The Anus

West Virginia 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?

$1,788

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$141 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,259 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,890Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $105 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
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
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 36th of 51

$1,788

$309 physician + $1,479 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.