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Procedure price report · Sigmoidoscopy, proctoscopy, and anoscopy

Anoscopy with growth removal by cautery

CPT 46610the billing code this page is about

Examination of the anal canal with a scope and removal of a single polyp, tumor, or other lesion using heated forceps or electric current.

Hospitals typically charge $991 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 504 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,740. Most fall between $279 and $4,628 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
504
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 504 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$139$355$991$3,786$7,392

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 53× what the cheapest tenth charges ($139 vs $7,392).

How the prices are spread

$91 – $142: 26 hospitals$91$142 – $222: 30 hospitals$222 – $346: 42 hospitals$222$346 – $539: 65 hospitals$539 – $840: 46 hospitals$539$840 – $1,310: 35 hospitals$1,310 – $2,041: 31 hospitals$1,310$2,041 – $3,181: 38 hospitals$3,181 – $4,958: 83 hospitals$3,181$4,958 – $7,728: 60 hospitals$4,958median $991price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (456 of 504 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$91$14226
$142$22230
$222$34642
$346$53965
$539$84046
$840$1,31035
$1,310$2,04131
$2,041$3,18138
$3,181$4,95883
$4,958$7,72860

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$991
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.35×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $991.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $594 across 12 hospitalsWA$594Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $672 across 19 hospitalsMN$672Illinois: median $476 across 18 hospitalsIL$476Wisconsin: median $991 across 30 hospitalsWI$991Michigan: median $379 across 30 hospitalsMI$379New York: median $3,245 across 31 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $622 across 23 hospitalsIA$622Indiana: median $222 across 10 hospitalsIN$222Ohio: median $3,065 across 26 hospitalsOH$3,065Pennsylvania: median $2,086 across 23 hospitalsPA$2,086New Jersey: median $3,986 across 25 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,913 across 51 hospitalsCA$6,913Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $358 across 10 hospitalsNE$358Missouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $132 across 12 hospitalsOK$132Louisiana: median $1,207 across 11 hospitalsLA$1,207Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,772 across 17 hospitalsTX$1,772Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $991. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA51$6,913+597%$2,358 – $7,728
New Jersey NJ25$3,986+302%$3,035 – $5,741
New York NY31$3,245+227%$246 – $3,295
Ohio OH26$3,065+209%$333 – $3,724
Pennsylvania PA23$2,086+110%$52 – $4,637
Texas TX17$1,772+79%$805 – $5,428
Louisiana LA11$1,207+22%$574 – $2,932
Wisconsin WI30$9910%$507 – $1,081
Minnesota MN19$672−32%$193 – $1,800
Iowa IA23$622−37%$622 – $1,735
Washington WA12$594−40%$278 – $2,222
Illinois IL18$476−52%$222 – $779
Michigan MI30$379−62%$379 – $2,025
Nebraska NE10$358−64%$313 – $737
Indiana IN10$222−78%$222 – $2,922
Oklahoma OK12$132−87%$132 – $132
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $991.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care385$1,952$333 – $4,881
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access110$507$198 – $991
Ownership
For-profit44$1,952$222 – $4,639
Government85$911$330 – $3,245
Non-profit374$991$278 – $4,637
System affiliation
Part of a system408$1,509$342 – $4,639
Independent96$416$160 – $2,742

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$906
Median cash price$991
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

313 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,063 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,705; most fall between $222 and $4,628.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 313 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$132$289$1,063$4,259$7,500

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 57× what the cheapest tenth charges ($132 vs $7,500).

Of the 350 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 313 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

504 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 562 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted504
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code562

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Sigmoidoscopy, proctoscopy, and anoscopy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Anoscopy W/Rmvl Lesion Cautery.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Anoscopy with growth removal by cautery (CPT 46610) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-46610-anoscopy-with-growth-removal-by-cautery