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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Tennessee 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?

$2,586

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,586 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$316 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,445 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,898Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $398

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
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
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
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$2,586

$398 physician + $2,188 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.