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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Minnesota 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?

$824

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $824 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$417$275 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$209 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $120 to $912Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $209 to $776
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $417

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
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$824

$417 physician + $407 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.