Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Rochester, NY — inpatient

In Rochester, NY, 5 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation) as an inpatient: from $326.18 to $2,569.51, with a median of $2,393.41. The lowest listed price is at F.F. Thompson Hospital — $2,067.23 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $950.10 at 41 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$326.18F.F. Thompson Hospital
Median$2,393.41half pay less
Highest$2,569.51in this market
Difference7.9×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 Rochester, NY.

median
Lowest $326.18Highest $2,569.51

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
F.F. Thompson Hospital lowest Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 PR HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND LIGATIONS $326.18 $547.00 — 40% —
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Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 PR HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND LIGATIONS $705.00 $1,410.00 $73.06–$1,371.12 50% —
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Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC HEMORRHOIDECTOMY SIMPLE LIGATURE _EG RUBBER BAND_ $2,393.41 $3,682.17 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC HEMORRHOIDECTOMY SIMPLE LIGATURE _EG RUBBER BAND_ $2,393.41 $3,682.17 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC HEMORRHOIDECTOMY SIMPLE LIGATURE _EG RUBBER BAND_ $2,569.51 $3,211.89 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $326.18, median $2,393.41, highest $2,569.51 — a 7.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,348.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.