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Chemical removal of small anal growths such as warts

CPT 46900the billing code this page is about

Treatment that applies a chemical agent to destroy a limited number of growths, such as warts, on or around the anus.

Hospitals typically charge $491 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 704 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $519. Most fall between $244 and $884 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
704
States
49
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 704 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
$192$307$491$756$1,150

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($192 vs $1,150).

How the prices are spread

$149 – $193: 36 hospitals$149$193 – $252: 73 hospitals$252 – $328: 49 hospitals$252$328 – $427: 87 hospitals$427 – $555: 129 hospitals$427$555 – $723: 107 hospitals$723 – $941: 73 hospitals$723$941 – $1,226: 52 hospitals$1,226 – $1,596: 11 hospitals$1,226$1,596 – $2,078: 30 hospitals$1,596median $491price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (647 of 704 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$149$19336
$193$25273
$252$32849
$328$42787
$427$555129
$555$723107
$723$94173
$941$1,22652
$1,226$1,59611
$1,596$2,07830

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$415
Median cash price$491
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.18×

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 $491.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $650 across 23 hospitalsWA$650Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $610 across 27 hospitalsMN$610Illinois: median $520 across 31 hospitalsIL$520Wisconsin: median $552 across 40 hospitalsWI$552Michigan: median $270 across 31 hospitalsMI$270New York: median $473 across 41 hospitalsNY$473Massachusetts: median $474 across 10 hospitalsMA$474Oregon: median $677 across 24 hospitalsOR$677Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $566 across 26 hospitalsIA$566Indiana: median $228 across 24 hospitalsIN$228Ohio: median $497 across 41 hospitalsOH$497Pennsylvania: median $452 across 25 hospitalsPA$452New Jersey: median $3,786 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $884 across 62 hospitalsCA$884Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,087 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,087Nebraska: median $388 across 11 hospitalsNE$388Missouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $459 across 13 hospitalsKY$459West Virginia: median $147 across 12 hospitalsWV$147Virginia: median $645 across 16 hospitalsVA$645Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $649 across 13 hospitalsSC$649Oklahoma: median $227 across 14 hospitalsOK$227Louisiana: median $237 across 17 hospitalsLA$237Mississippi: median $281 across 10 hospitalsMS$281Alabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $341 across 11 hospitalsGA$341Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $535 across 32 hospitalsTX$535Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $491. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ24$3,786+670%$442 – $5,741
Colorado CO12$1,087+121%$409 – $1,087
California CA62$884+80%$434 – $2,078
Oregon OR24$677+38%$444 – $1,112
Washington WA23$650+32%$322 – $862
South Carolina SC13$649+32%$520 – $649
Virginia VA16$645+31%$571 – $645
Minnesota MN27$610+24%$344 – $759
Iowa IA26$566+15%$288 – $582
Wisconsin WI40$552+12%$424 – $1,143
Texas TX32$535+9%$410 – $535
Illinois IL31$520+6%$222 – $678
Ohio OH41$497+1%$390 – $638
Massachusetts MA10$474−3%$234 – $1,188
New York NY41$473−4%$301 – $863
Kentucky KY13$459−7%$222 – $1,604
Pennsylvania PA25$452−8%$89 – $620
Nebraska NE11$388−21%$196 – $490
Georgia GA11$341−31%$341 – $341
Mississippi MS10$281−43%$180 – $536
Michigan MI31$270−45%$166 – $559
Louisiana LA17$237−52%$166 – $375
Indiana IN24$228−54%$201 – $360
Oklahoma OK14$227−54%$227 – $815
West Virginia WV12$147−70%$144 – $468
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $491.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care527$508$244 – $884
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access163$458$246 – $876
Ownership
For-profit40$520$222 – $720
Government109$438$280 – $587
Non-profit554$525$242 – $934
System affiliation
Part of a system582$515$252 – $884
Independent122$400$231 – $765

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$804
Median cash price$491
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

454 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $532 and the average of the middle 60% is $542; most fall between $272 and $926.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 454 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
$221$331$532$862$1,188

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($221 vs $1,188).

Of the 496 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 454 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 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

704 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 778 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted704
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code778

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 Other non-OR lower GI therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Dstrj Lesion Anus Simple Chemical.

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, “Chemical removal of small anal growths such as warts (CPT 46900) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-46900-chemical-removal-of-small-anal-growths-such-as-warts