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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Delaware 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?

$689

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $689 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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$200$145 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$490 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,388Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $120 to $347
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $200

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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 39th of 50

$689

$200 physician + $490 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.