Surgery and procedures CPT 54150 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Newborn circumcision cost in Emmetsburg, IA — inpatient

In Emmetsburg, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for circumcision with a clamp or device and a numbing nerve block, usually newborns as an inpatient: from $546.00 to $546.00, with a median of $546.00. Across Iowa, the median is $1,322.75 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 54150, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$546.00Palo Alto County Hospital

Median$546.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$546.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg, IA · (712) 852-5500 Circumcision, using clamp or other device with regional dorsal penile or ring block source file	$546.00	$728.00	$495.00–$728.00	25%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Inpatient: lowest $546.00, median $546.00, highest $546.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $546.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.