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Irrigation Procedure for Prolonged Erection

South Carolina 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?

$781

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $781 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$170 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$282 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $170 to $9,772Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $132 to $372
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $562professional $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
$169.82
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 50

$781

$219 physician + $562 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.