go back

Shunt Surgery For A Persistent Painful Erection

Virginia 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 July 2026.

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

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $10,233.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $724 to $13,490Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $759

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,488.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Virginia· 15th of 50

$5,370

ME $13,183ND $646

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.