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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Kansas 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?

$3,028

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$339 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,802Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $398

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
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
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 16th of 51

$3,028

$398 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.