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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

North Carolina 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?

$1,565

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,565 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$417$331 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$389 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,898Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $245 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $417

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
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
8 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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$1,565

$417 physician + $1,148 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.