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Electrically Assisted Ejaculation

Minnesota 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$363$269 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$501 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,236Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $200 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $363

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
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$380

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.