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Newborn Circumcision By Surgical Excision

California rates for HCPCS 54160

Removes the foreskin of a newborn baby boy by cutting it away with instruments, rather than by crushing it with a clamp or plastic device. It is done in the first weeks of life with numbing medicine, and the edge is closed or dressed. Healing usually takes a week or two.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Newborn Circumcision By Surgical Excision cost?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 11 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$257$174 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,951 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $13,490Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $148 to $912
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $257

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$616.60
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81

Where California sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

California· 3rd of 51

$741

HI $1,862DE $214

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.