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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Iowa 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?

$2,541

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,541 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$302$204 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$525 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,761Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $155 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $302

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
$363.08
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 50

$2,541

$302 physician + $2,239 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.