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Laser removal of small anal growths such as warts

CPT 46917the billing code this page is about

Treatment that uses a laser to destroy a limited number of growths, such as warts, on or around the anus.

Hospitals typically charge $1,926 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 401 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,987. Most fall between $471 and $4,259 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
401
States
43
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 401 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
$239$588$1,926$3,640$5,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($239 vs $5,855).

How the prices are spread

$180 – $261: 24 hospitals$180$261 – $379: 20 hospitals$379 – $550: 32 hospitals$379$550 – $798: 27 hospitals$798 – $1,159: 42 hospitals$798$1,159 – $1,684: 24 hospitals$1,684 – $2,445: 39 hospitals$1,684$2,445 – $3,551: 62 hospitals$3,551 – $5,157: 61 hospitals$3,551$5,157 – $7,489: 30 hospitals$5,157median $1,926price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (361 of 401 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$180$26124
$261$37920
$379$55032
$550$79827
$798$1,15942
$1,159$1,68424
$1,684$2,44539
$2,445$3,55162
$3,551$5,15761
$5,157$7,48930

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$1,926
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.68×

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 $1,926.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $1,668 across 11 hospitalsMN$1,668Illinois: median $811 across 19 hospitalsIL$811Wisconsin: median $2,180 across 25 hospitalsWI$2,180Michigan: median $362 across 27 hospitalsMI$362New York: median $3,245 across 33 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,066 across 15 hospitalsOR$1,066Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,025 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,025Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $727 across 13 hospitalsOH$727Pennsylvania: median $3,215 across 15 hospitalsPA$3,215New Jersey: median $3,230 across 28 hospitalsNJ$3,230Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,553 across 41 hospitalsCA$4,553Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $5,599 across 10 hospitalsCO$5,599Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $214 across 12 hospitalsOK$214Louisiana: median $1,183 across 10 hospitalsLA$1,183Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,771 across 20 hospitalsTX$2,771Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,926. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO10$5,599+191%$878 – $7,489
California CA41$4,553+136%$3,640 – $4,553
New York NY33$3,245+68%$398 – $3,295
New Jersey NJ28$3,230+68%$2,997 – $5,339
Pennsylvania PA15$3,215+67%$87 – $5,168
Texas TX20$2,771+44%$2,771 – $2,771
Wisconsin WI25$2,180+13%$2,180 – $2,797
Minnesota MN11$1,668−13%$1,668 – $1,668
Louisiana LA10$1,183−39%$601 – $2,053
Oregon OR15$1,066−45%$239 – $1,272
Iowa IA16$1,025−47%$1,025 – $1,025
Illinois IL19$811−58%$471 – $2,489
Ohio OH13$727−62%$497 – $7,709
Michigan MI27$362−81%$362 – $2,180
Oklahoma OK12$214−89%$214 – $214
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $1,926.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care331$2,180$430 – $4,553
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access60$1,668$540 – $2,511
Ownership
For-profit32$2,053$471 – $4,312
Government50$966$489 – $3,245
Non-profit318$2,180$471 – $4,553
System affiliation
Part of a system338$2,180$489 – $4,553
Independent63$966$368 – $2,958

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,590
Median cash price$1,926
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

244 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,066 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,028; most fall between $398 and $4,553.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 244 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
$214$471$1,066$3,640$7,054

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 33× what the cheapest tenth charges ($214 vs $7,054).

Of the 264 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 244 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

401 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 442 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted401
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code442

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 Laser Surg.

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, “Laser removal of small anal growths such as warts (CPT 46917) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-46917-laser-removal-of-small-anal-growths-such-as-warts