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Electrically Assisted Ejaculation

Massachusetts 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $214 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$182 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$141 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,455Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $257

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
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$457.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$588.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
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
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$45.71

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$257

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.