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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Arkansas 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?

$1,809

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,809 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$363$309 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,175 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,548Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $263 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $363

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
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
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$1,809

$363 physician + $1,445 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.