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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Montana 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?

$1,127

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$355 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$537 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,291Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $209 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $525

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
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
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,127

$525 physician + $603 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.