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Electrically Assisted Ejaculation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 55870

Uses a gentle electrical stimulus delivered through a probe placed in the rectum to bring on ejaculation so that semen can be collected. It is used for men who cannot ejaculate on their own, often after a spinal cord injury or nerve damage, when semen is needed for fertility treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Electrically Assisted Ejaculation cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$151 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$550 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,413Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $138 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $182

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$224

AK $575PA $170

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.