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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

South Dakota 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?

$2,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$468 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$447 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,950Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $295 to $933
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $617

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
$338.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 35th of 51

$2,130

$617 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.