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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

South 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?

$2,872

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,872 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$302$209 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,549 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,000Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $68 to $525
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $302

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
$398.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
7 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
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88

Where South 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

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$2,872

$302 physician + $2,570 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.