Surgery and procedures CPT 46221 Outpatient

Hemorrhoid banding cost in Wausau, WI

In Wausau, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hemorrhoid banding (rubber band ligation): from $468.35 to $1,559.35, with a median of $1,013.85. The lowest listed price is at Marshfield Medical Center - Weston — $545.50 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $1,391.77 at 47 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 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 20, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$468.35Marshfield Medical Center - Weston
Median$1,013.85half pay less
Highest$1,559.35in this market
Difference3.3×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 Wausau, WI.

median
Lowest $468.35Highest $2,747.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Marshfield Medical Center - Weston lowest Weston, WI · (715) 393-3000 HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL-TECH $468.35 $493.00 $246.50–$917.65 5% Feb 20, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau, WI · (715) 847-2000 HEMORRHOIDECTOMY INTERNAL RUBBER BAND LIGATIONS $1,559.35 $2,399.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau, WI · (715) 847-2000 Pro Ligation of Hemorrhoid(S) $1,559.35 $2,399.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau, WI · (715) 847-2000 Fac Hemorrhoidectomy Smpl Ligature $2,747.55 $4,227.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $468.35, median $1,013.85, highest $1,559.35 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,013.85. 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 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.