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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Kentucky 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?

$2,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$191$148 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,000 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,020Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $126 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $191

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
$138.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 18th of 50

$2,010

$191 physician + $1,820 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.