Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Outpatient

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Fayetteville, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation): from $198.00 to $6,788.13, with a median of $3,493.07. The lowest listed price is at Ozarks Community Hospital — $3,295.07 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $444.00 at 11 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 — and —.

Lowest$198.00Ozarks Community Hospital
Median$3,493.07half pay less
Highest$6,788.13in this market
Difference34.3×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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

median
Lowest $198.00Highest $6,788.13

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ozarks Community Hospital lowest Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 O/R HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAN $198.00 $495.00 $176.85–$873.89 60% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital lowest Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND $198.00 $495.00 $176.85–$873.89 60% —
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Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND LI $1,242.00 $3,105.00 $176.85–$1,614.60 60% —
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Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR GI Hemorrhoid Ligation $6,788.13 $10,443.27 $173.49–$1,615.17 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $198.00, median $3,493.07, highest $6,788.13 — a 34.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $198.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.