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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Arizona 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?

$821

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $821 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$141 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$257 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $155 to $2,570Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
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
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 18th of 51

$821

$219 physician + $603 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.