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Newborn Circumcision By Surgical Excision

Maryland 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?

$234

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $339.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,622Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $148 to $871
$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $234

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$234

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.