Newborn circumcision cost in San Diego, CA
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for circumcision with a clamp or device and a numbing nerve block, usually newborns: from $873.60 to $2,763.20, with a median of $873.60. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $2,663.65 at 66 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 54150, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa lowest San Diego, CA CIRCUMCISION W/CLAMP/OTH DEV W/BLOCK | $873.60 | $1,680.00 | $2,032.00–$6,044.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos lowest San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 CIRCUMCISION W/CLAMP/OTH DEV W/BLOCK | $873.60 | $1,680.00 | $2,032.00–$6,044.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion lowest San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 CIRCUMCISION W/CLAMP/OTH DEV W/BLOCK | $873.60 | $1,680.00 | $2,032.00–$6,044.00 | 48% | — source file |
| UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA · (619) 543-6222 Removal of foreskin of using clamp or device | $2,763.20 | $5,024.00 | $167.48–$6,782.40 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $873.60, median $873.60, highest $2,763.20 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $873.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is circumcision done with a clamp or similar device after numbing the penis with a local nerve block. It is most often done in newborn boys, usually before they leave the hospital.
What the price covers
In a hospital, the listed price for this code may be the physician's fee or a facility charge, separate from the newborn's stay. Newborn room charges and the birth itself are billed separately.