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Circumcision Using a Clamp Device

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 54150

Removes the foreskin of the penis using a clamp or similar device, after numbing medicine is injected at the base of the penis or in a ring around it. It is most often done in the first days or weeks of life and takes only a few minutes. Ointment and a dressing are applied, and the area heals over roughly a week.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Circumcision Using a Clamp Device cost?

$1,563

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,563 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$151 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$832 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,129Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $115 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $214

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
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
11 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
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.7 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$1,563

$214 physician + $1,349 facility

CO $4,551ND $359

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.