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Repair of a Traumatic Penile Injury

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 54437

This surgery repairs a tear in the erectile tissue of the penis caused by trauma, most often a penile fracture injury. Prompt surgical repair helps restore normal structure and function and reduces the risk of long-term complications.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Traumatic Penile Injury cost?

$3,037

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,037 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,175$871 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,175 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,175

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
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
11 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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. 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

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$3,037

$1,175 physician + $1,862 facility

OK $7,369KY $1,773

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.