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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Colorado 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?

$3,260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$158 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$676 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,457Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $240

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
$194.98
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 8th of 50

$3,260

$240 physician + $3,020 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.