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Circumcision Using a Clamp Device

South 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?

$1,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$162$126 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$661 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $490 to $10,233Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $162

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
$125.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
10 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
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65

Where South 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

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$1,421

$162 physician + $1,259 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.