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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Illinois 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?

$2,977

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$263 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,698 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,623Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $191 to $603
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $347

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
$346.74
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
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
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$2,977

$347 physician + $2,630 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.