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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Ohio 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?

$1,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$191 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$832 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,888Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $58 to $479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $288

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
$741.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 41st of 51

$1,802

$288 physician + $1,514 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.