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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Missouri 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?

$1,061

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,061 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$182 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$245 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $138 to $4,677Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $151 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $229

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
$251.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
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
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 11th of 51

$1,061

$229 physician + $832 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.