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Electrically Assisted Ejaculation

Arkansas 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$191$166 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$229 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,148Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $141 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $191

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
$186.21
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
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
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$229

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.