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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

Nebraska 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?

$528

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $528 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$219$174 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$204 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $129 to $3,388Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $117 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $309professional $219

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
$208.93
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.89

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 42nd of 51

$528

$219 physician + $309 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.