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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid cost?

$2,746

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,746 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$347$282 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,023 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,677Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $234 to $537
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,399professional $347

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.7 times more in Indiana than in North Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $2,746 · 26th of 50
IN $7,568NC $781

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.