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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Michigan 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?

$877

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$398$309 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$302 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,884Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $209 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $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
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
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
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 51st of 51

$877

$398 physician + $479 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.