Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Outpatient

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Harrisburg, PA

In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation): from $1,415.72 to $2,925.00, with a median of $1,963.28. The lowest listed price is at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center — $547.56 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $479.38 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 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$1,415.72Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Median$1,963.28half pay less
Highest$2,925.00in this market
Difference2.1×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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

median
Lowest $1,415.72Highest $2,925.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 46221 LIGATION OF HEMORRHOID(S) Tech $1,415.72 $5,926.00 $772.55–$4,740.80 76% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 46221 LIGATION OF HEMORRHOID(S) Tech $1,864.91 $5,926.00 $772.55–$4,740.80 69% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 46221 Hemorrhoidect Rubber Band Lig $1,963.28 $5,926.00 $838.36–$5,304.03 67% —
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals Harrisburg, PA · (717) 782-3131 HC HEMMORHOIDECTOMY SIM LIGATURE $2,925.00 $4,875.00 $58.42–$4,143.75 40% —
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UPMC Carlisle Carlisle, PA · (717) 249-1212 HC HEMMORHOIDECTOMY SIM LIGATURE $2,925.00 $4,875.00 $58.42–$4,143.75 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,415.72, median $1,963.28, highest $2,925.00 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,963.28. 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 5 of 5 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.