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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$4,686

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$219$145 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,479 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $219 to $10,233Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $126 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. 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

New Jersey· 3rd of 50

$4,686

$219 physician + $4,467 facility

HI $5,396MD $389

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.