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Procedure price report · Diagnostic procedures, male genital

Injection of medication into the penis for erection

CPT 54235the billing code this page is about

Injection of a drug into the erection chambers of the penis, used for testing or treatment of erection problems.

Hospitals typically charge $328 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,567 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $362. Most fall between $173 and $672 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,567
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,567 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$118$200$328$578$944

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($118 vs $944).

How the prices are spread

$86 – $115: 72 hospitals$86$115 – $154: 102 hospitals$154 – $206: 154 hospitals$154$206 – $275: 215 hospitals$275 – $368: 251 hospitals$275$368 – $492: 167 hospitals$492 – $657: 193 hospitals$492$657 – $878: 157 hospitals$878 – $1,173: 58 hospitals$878$1,173 – $1,567: 42 hospitals$1,173median $328price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,411 of 1,567 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$86$11572
$115$154102
$154$206154
$206$275215
$275$368251
$368$492167
$492$657193
$657$878157
$878$1,17358
$1,173$1,56742

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$255
Median cash price$328
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.28×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $328.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $228 across 16 hospitalsME$228Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $157 across 11 hospitalsNH$157Washington: median $240 across 41 hospitalsWA$240Idaho: median $523 across 12 hospitalsID$523Montana: median $170 across 12 hospitalsMT$170North Dakota: median $208 across 11 hospitalsND$208Minnesota: median $296 across 51 hospitalsMN$296Illinois: median $381 across 62 hospitalsIL$381Wisconsin: median $305 across 71 hospitalsWI$305Michigan: median $211 across 60 hospitalsMI$211New York: median $345 across 82 hospitalsNY$345Massachusetts: median $428 across 35 hospitalsMA$428Oregon: median $259 across 38 hospitalsOR$259Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $221 across 36 hospitalsIA$221Indiana: median $265 across 37 hospitalsIN$265Ohio: median $464 across 63 hospitalsOH$464Pennsylvania: median $364 across 62 hospitalsPA$364New Jersey: median $1,742 across 41 hospitalsNJ$1,742Connecticut: median $395 across 14 hospitalsCT$395Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $602 across 111 hospitalsCA$602Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $432 across 26 hospitalsCO$432Nebraska: median $219 across 25 hospitalsNE$219Missouri: median $200 across 36 hospitalsMO$200Kentucky: median $296 across 17 hospitalsKY$296West Virginia: median $288 across 22 hospitalsWV$288Virginia: median $505 across 43 hospitalsVA$505Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $384 across 22 hospitalsAZ$384New Mexico: median $257 across 12 hospitalsNM$257Kansas: median $212 across 20 hospitalsKS$212Arkansas: median $203 across 14 hospitalsAR$203Tennessee: median $272 across 34 hospitalsTN$272North Carolina: median $178 across 36 hospitalsNC$178South Carolina: median $294 across 35 hospitalsSC$294Oklahoma: median $239 across 31 hospitalsOK$239Louisiana: median $182 across 25 hospitalsLA$182Mississippi: median $133 across 26 hospitalsMS$133Alabama: median $186 across 15 hospitalsAL$186Georgia: median $672 across 36 hospitalsGA$672Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $485 across 103 hospitalsTX$485Florida: median $580 across 68 hospitalsFL$580
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $328. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ41$1,742+432%$286 – $5,855
Georgia GA36$672+105%$299 – $737
California CA111$602+84%$340 – $867
Florida FL68$580+77%$426 – $823
Idaho ID12$523+60%$235 – $660
Virginia VA43$505+54%$302 – $739
Texas TX103$485+48%$252 – $545
Ohio OH63$464+42%$307 – $727
Colorado CO26$432+32%$243 – $990
Massachusetts MA35$428+31%$200 – $795
Connecticut CT14$395+21%$126 – $638
Arizona AZ22$384+17%$140 – $1,580
Illinois IL62$381+16%$148 – $668
Pennsylvania PA62$364+11%$284 – $524
New York NY82$345+5%$208 – $1,063
Wisconsin WI71$305−7%$166 – $417
Minnesota MN51$296−10%$190 – $418
Kentucky KY17$296−10%$130 – $362
South Carolina SC35$294−10%$282 – $363
West Virginia WV22$288−12%$77 – $530
Tennessee TN34$272−17%$90 – $1,413
Indiana IN37$265−19%$207 – $483
Oregon OR38$259−21%$139 – $469
New Mexico NM12$257−22%$118 – $324
Washington WA41$240−27%$164 – $681
Oklahoma OK31$239−27%$180 – $458
Maine ME16$228−30%$168 – $448
Iowa IA36$221−33%$142 – $226
Nebraska NE25$219−33%$159 – $350
Kansas KS20$212−35%$89 – $271
Michigan MI60$211−36%$94 – $337
North Dakota ND11$208−36%$121 – $278
Arkansas AR14$203−38%$148 – $229
Missouri MO36$200−39%$140 – $303
Alabama AL15$186−43%$159 – $675
Louisiana LA25$182−45%$126 – $439
North Carolina NC36$178−46%$168 – $438
Montana MT12$170−48%$109 – $219
New Hampshire NH11$157−52%$54 – $396
Mississippi MS26$133−59%$75 – $186
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $328.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,252$360$184 – $727
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access296$227$134 – $464
Ownership
For-profit145$408$227 – $877
Government232$272$159 – $536
Non-profit1,184$332$170 – $672
System affiliation
Part of a system1,316$350$178 – $704
Independent251$259$148 – $553

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$618
Median cash price$328
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,163 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $360 and the average of the middle 60% is $392; most fall between $180 and $716.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,163 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$130$211$360$638$952

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($130 vs $952).

Of the 1,249 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,163 gave a usable cash price; 38 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,567 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,687 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,567
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here66
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded51
Hospitals that filed this code1,687

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Hp 54235 Injection Corpora Cavernosa Pharmacologic Agent.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Injection of medication into the penis for erection (CPT 54235) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-54235-injection-of-medication-into-the-penis-for-erection