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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Louisiana 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?

$573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$182 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$191 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,122Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $151 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $339professional $234

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
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
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$573

$234 physician + $339 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.