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Electrically Assisted Ejaculation

North Carolina 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $427 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$204$162 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$204 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,495Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $138 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $204

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
$169.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$209

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.