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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Arkansas 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?

$438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $219 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$178 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$219$138 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $105 to $692Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $135 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $219

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
$177.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
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
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 47th of 51

$438

$219 physician + $219 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.