Newborn circumcision cost in California

In California, 129 hospitals publish a cash price for circumcision with a clamp or device and a numbing nerve block, usually newborns: from $131.29 to $14,475.00, with a median of $1,687.71. The lowest price is at St Elizabeth Community Hospital (Red Bluff). The highest price is 110.3× the lowest.

• The median here, $1,687.71, is 50% above the US median of $1,123.41.
• California ranks 38th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
• 35 of 129 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 54150. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map