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Repeat Treatment Of An Anal Fissure

Iowa rates for HCPCS 46942

Treatment of a tear in the lining of the anal canal by scraping or burning the base of the tear so that healthy tissue can grow across it, together with stretching the ring of muscle around the anus to relieve spasm. This is the version used when the same treatment has already been carried out before. It is done for a painful tear that keeps coming back or has not healed with creams and other measures.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repeat Treatment Of An Anal Fissure cost?

$251

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $427.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $123 to $724
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $251

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$251

MN $398KY $174

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.