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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 October 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$413

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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 $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$115 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,698Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $120 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
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
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.95

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$413

$200 physician + $214 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.