Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Outpatient

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Eureka, CA

In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation): from $1,111.80 to $1,881.90, with a median of $1,496.85. The lowest listed price is at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital — $385.05 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,872.00 at 75 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 46221, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,111.80Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital
Median$1,496.85half pay less
Highest$1,881.90in this market
Difference1.7×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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.

median
Lowest $1,111.80Highest $1,881.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital lowest Fortuna, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ED HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND LIGATIONS CDM $1,111.80 $2,180.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HC ED HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND LIGATIONS CDM $1,881.90 $3,690.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,111.80, median $1,496.85, highest $1,881.90 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,496.85. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.