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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Alaska rates for HCPCS 46945

An internal hemorrhoid is treated by tying off the tissue with suture material or a similar device to cut off its blood supply, causing it to shrink over time, using a method other than the small rubber bands sometimes used for this purpose. This version treats a single affected area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid cost?

$4,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$372 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,905 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,550Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $955

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
$1,737.80
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
12 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
$158.49
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Colorado than in Michigan. 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,045

$955 physician + $3,090 facility

CO $4,792MI $877

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.