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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

New Mexico 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?

$2,630

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$339$257 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,349 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,413Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $166 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $339

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
$363.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
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
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 22nd of 51

$2,630

$339 physician + $2,291 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.