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In-Office Treatment Of Internal Hemorrhoids With Heat Energy

Louisiana 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 6 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$219$170 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$891 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,467Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $145 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $219

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
$288.40
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$234

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.