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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Georgia 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?

$2,689

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,689 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$234$178 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,230 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,623Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $138 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $234

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
$251.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 11th of 50

$2,689

$234 physician + $2,455 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.