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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 October 2026.

How much does Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection cost?

$1,070

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$135 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$282 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $186 to $4,786Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $117 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $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
$144.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
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
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$1,070

$219 physician + $851 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.