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Procedure price report · Hemorrhoid procedures

Surgical removal of internal and external hemorrhoids

CPT 46260the billing code this page is about

Operation to cut out both internal and external hemorrhoids in two or more groups or columns of tissue around the anus.

Hospitals typically charge $2,558 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,110 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,887. Most fall between $994 and $6,653 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,110
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,110 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$730$1,145$2,558$5,168$9,932

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($730 vs $9,932).

How the prices are spread

$574 – $791: 84 hospitals$574$791 – $1,089: 115 hospitals$1,089 – $1,500: 149 hospitals$1,089$1,500 – $2,066: 82 hospitals$2,066 – $2,846: 100 hospitals$2,066$2,846 – $3,921: 116 hospitals$3,921 – $5,401: 144 hospitals$3,921$5,401 – $7,439: 101 hospitals$7,439 – $10,248: 60 hospitals$7,439$10,248 – $14,116: 49 hospitals$10,248median $2,558price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,000 of 1,110 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$574$79184
$791$1,089115
$1,089$1,500149
$1,500$2,06682
$2,066$2,846100
$2,846$3,921116
$3,921$5,401144
$5,401$7,439101
$7,439$10,24860
$10,248$14,11649

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,836
Median cash price$2,558
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.90×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,558.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,161 across 11 hospitalsME$1,161Vermont: median $1,077 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,077New Hampshire: median $689 across 11 hospitalsNH$689Washington: median $1,454 across 24 hospitalsWA$1,454Idaho: median $2,926 across 17 hospitalsID$2,926Montana: median $1,187 across 14 hospitalsMT$1,187North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,005 across 53 hospitalsMN$2,005Illinois: median $1,781 across 43 hospitalsIL$1,781Wisconsin: median $2,552 across 42 hospitalsWI$2,552Michigan: median $1,641 across 44 hospitalsMI$1,641New York: median $3,245 across 68 hospitalsNY$3,245Massachusetts: median $4,661 across 15 hospitalsMA$4,661Oregon: median $1,343 across 28 hospitalsOR$1,343Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,183 across 51 hospitalsIA$1,183Indiana: median $2,114 across 34 hospitalsIN$2,114Ohio: median $8,132 across 38 hospitalsOH$8,132Pennsylvania: median $4,259 across 26 hospitalsPA$4,259New Jersey: median $3,888 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,888Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,555 across 69 hospitalsCA$4,555Utah: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,176 across 18 hospitalsCO$1,176Nebraska: median $1,425 across 28 hospitalsNE$1,425Missouri: median $3,302 across 34 hospitalsMO$3,302Kentucky: median $1,074 across 15 hospitalsKY$1,074West Virginia: median $1,936 across 24 hospitalsWV$1,936Virginia: median $10,047 across 19 hospitalsVA$10,047Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,406 across 11 hospitalsAZ$3,406New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,155 across 34 hospitalsKS$1,155Arkansas: median $4,057 across 17 hospitalsAR$4,057Tennessee: median $4,449 across 18 hospitalsTN$4,449North Carolina: median $4,087 across 13 hospitalsNC$4,087South Carolina: median $4,935 across 11 hospitalsSC$4,935Oklahoma: median $1,011 across 20 hospitalsOK$1,011Louisiana: median $2,976 across 21 hospitalsLA$2,976Mississippi: median $2,954 across 16 hospitalsMS$2,954Alabama: median $3,404 across 13 hospitalsAL$3,404Georgia: median $2,899 across 33 hospitalsGA$2,899Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,186 across 49 hospitalsTX$4,186Florida: median $6,296 across 17 hospitalsFL$6,296
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,558. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA19$10,047+293%$658 – $15,609
Ohio OH38$8,132+218%$957 – $14,321
Florida FL17$6,296+146%$1,750 – $7,431
South Carolina SC11$4,935+93%$4,416 – $10,262
Massachusetts MA15$4,661+82%$1,854 – $5,765
California CA69$4,555+78%$1,291 – $7,269
Tennessee TN18$4,449+74%$492 – $6,432
Pennsylvania PA26$4,259+67%$1,158 – $7,098
Texas TX49$4,186+64%$2,328 – $7,866
North Carolina NC13$4,087+60%$1,679 – $12,437
Arkansas AR17$4,057+59%$853 – $6,196
New Jersey NJ33$3,888+52%$3,035 – $5,419
Arizona AZ11$3,406+33%$760 – $9,856
Alabama AL13$3,404+33%$1,350 – $9,873
Missouri MO34$3,302+29%$720 – $9,300
New York NY68$3,245+27%$1,068 – $4,595
Louisiana LA21$2,976+16%$1,605 – $5,357
Mississippi MS16$2,954+15%$1,099 – $6,387
Idaho ID17$2,926+14%$1,186 – $7,189
Georgia GA33$2,899+13%$2,235 – $6,653
Wisconsin WI42$2,5520%$1,691 – $3,922
Indiana IN34$2,114−17%$730 – $9,841
Minnesota MN53$2,005−22%$1,040 – $3,040
West Virginia WV24$1,936−24%$528 – $4,964
Illinois IL43$1,781−30%$946 – $5,356
Michigan MI44$1,641−36%$928 – $10,766
Washington WA24$1,454−43%$913 – $4,297
Nebraska NE28$1,425−44%$979 – $4,075
Oregon OR28$1,343−47%$892 – $1,524
Montana MT14$1,187−54%$791 – $3,307
Iowa IA51$1,183−54%$918 – $1,568
Colorado CO18$1,176−54%$817 – $3,219
Maine ME11$1,161−55%$383 – $1,636
Kansas KS34$1,155−55%$800 – $3,162
Vermont VT11$1,077−58%$666 – $1,793
Kentucky KY15$1,074−58%$547 – $2,300
Oklahoma OK20$1,011−60%$1,011 – $7,387
New Hampshire NH11$689−73%$425 – $1,684
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,558.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care734$3,502$1,183 – $7,491
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access366$1,368$850 – $3,210
Ownership
For-profit122$5,110$2,283 – $10,236
Government246$1,569$945 – $3,825
Non-profit740$2,567$1,000 – $6,494
System affiliation
Part of a system833$3,040$1,120 – $7,189
Independent277$1,482$857 – $3,915

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,282
Median cash price$2,558
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

505 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,419 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,879; most fall between $805 and $4,409.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 505 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$609$913$1,419$3,606$6,653

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($609 vs $6,653).

Of the 578 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 505 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 42 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,110 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (28%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,228 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,110
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here66
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code1,228

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Hemorrhoid procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Hemorrhoidectomy,Int/Ext,Complx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgical removal of internal and external hemorrhoids (CPT 46260) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-46260-surgical-removal-of-internal-and-external-hemorrhoids