Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Charleston, SC — inpatient

In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 5 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation) as an inpatient: from $686.40 to $925.00, with a median of $686.40. The lowest listed price is at Roper Hospital and 3 other hospitals. Across South Carolina, the median is $686.40 at 9 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 46221, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$686.40Roper Hospital + 3 more
Median$686.40half pay less
Highest$925.00in this market
Difference1.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

median
Lowest $686.40Highest $925.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Roper Hospital lowest Charleston, SC · (843) 724-2800 HC Ligation of Hemorrhoid(S) $686.40 $1,056.00 — 35% —
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Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital lowest Mount Pleasant, SC HC Ligation of Hemorrhoid(S) $686.40 $1,056.00 — 35% —
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Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley lowest Summerville, SC · (854) 529-3002 HC Ligation of Hemorrhoid(S) $686.40 $1,056.00 — 35% —
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital lowest Charleston, SC · (843) 402-1006 HC Ligation of Hemorrhoid(S) $686.40 $1,056.00 — 35% —
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · (843) 792-2300 HB LIGATION/HEMORRHOID $925.00 $1,850.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $686.40, median $686.40, highest $925.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $686.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Hemorrhoid banding places small rubber bands around internal hemorrhoids so they shrink and fall off within about a week.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the procedure and numbing medicine. The visit may be billed separately.