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Shunt Surgery For A Persistent Painful Erection

Iowa rates for HCPCS 54430

Creates a channel between the two erection chambers of the penis and the spongy tissue that surrounds the urine channel, so trapped blood can drain away and a prolonged, painful erection can subside. It is done when an erection lasting many hours has not settled with medicine or with drainage by needle. Relieving it promptly protects the tissue from lasting damage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Shunt Surgery For A Persistent Painful Erection cost?

$3,040

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,380$1,072 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,047 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,380

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
$1,071.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 12.7 times more in Maine 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

Iowa· 20th of 51

$3,040

$1,380 physician + $1,660 facility

ME $16,379MD $1,287

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.