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Electrically Assisted Ejaculation

Michigan 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 July 2026.

How much does Electrically Assisted Ejaculation cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$158 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$589 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,898Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $138 to $240
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $178

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$186

CA $2,455WV $174

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.