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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 July 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$770

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$195$178 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$219 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,820Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $126 to $324
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $195

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. 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· 34th of 50

$770

$195 physician + $575 facility

HI $5,396MD $389

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.