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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Alabama rates for HCPCS 54220

This procedure treats a prolonged, painful erection by irrigating and draining blood from the erectile tissue of the penis to relieve pressure and restore normal blood flow. It is an urgent treatment used when a prolonged erection does not resolve on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$314

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $105 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$155 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$105$105 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $105 to $977Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $105professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in New York than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 51st of 51

$314

$209 physician + $105 facility

NY $2,761AL $314

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.