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In-Office Treatment Of Internal Hemorrhoids With Heat Energy

Alabama rates for HCPCS 46930

An internal hemorrhoid is treated using a device that applies a brief burst of heat energy, such as infrared light, radiofrequency, or a heated probe, causing the hemorrhoid tissue to shrink and scar down over time. This is a quick, in-office treatment that doesn't require cutting or stitches.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does In-Office Treatment Of Internal Hemorrhoids With Heat Energy cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$158 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$891 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,818Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $141 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$214

MN $417KY $186

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.