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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Maine 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?

$730

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $730 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$229$178 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$355 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $186 to $708Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $132 to $417
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $229

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
10 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
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Maine 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

Maine· 23rd of 51

$730

$229 physician + $501 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.