Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Tyler, TX — inpatient

In Tyler, TX, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation) as an inpatient: from $319.80 to $372.30, with a median of $346.05. The lowest listed price is at University of Texas Health Center at Tyler — $26.25 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $890.85 at 135 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 46221, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$319.80University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
Median$346.05half pay less
Highest$372.30in this market
Difference1.2×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 Tyler, TX.

median
Lowest $319.80Highest $372.30

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler lowest Tyler, TX · (903) 877-7777 Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding $319.80 $3,198.00 $180.63–$2,990.67 90% —
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UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital Tyler, TX · (903) 597-0351 Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding $372.30 $3,723.00 $163.62–$2,457.18 90% —
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Inpatient: lowest $319.80, median $346.05, highest $372.30 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $346.05 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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.