Information on circumcision
Mary Bridge Children’s Urology does not perform newborn circumcisions. Our urology team only performs circumcisions for children after 6 months of age as a surgical procedure in the hospital under general anesthesia. For information on routine newborn circumcisions, learn more below.
For the surgery to be covered by insurance, there must be a medical indication for the circumcision. This may be discussed at a consultation visit with one of our doctors or other health care providers; however, a referral from your child’s primary care provider is required.
Circumcision consultations may be scheduled for full-term (born at or after 37 weeks gestation) boys 5 months and older. Babies born before 37 weeks need to be at least five months past their original full-term due date to be seen for evaluation.
Newborn circumcision
Please contact your baby’s primary care provider or your OB provider regarding newborn circumcision. If your baby does not have a primary care provider, the following providers perform newborn circumcisions. This is for your information only. We do not endorse any circumcision providers:
Mary Bridge Children’s Pediatrics – Evergreen
Phone: 253-697-8950
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Newborn circumcisions offered every Wednesday from 8am-3pm with Dr. Roselynn Cuenca-Hodge. Established and non-established patients accepted.
Pediatrics Northwest – Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Tacoma and Puyallup
Phone: 253-383-5777
- Offered for established patients up to 30 days old. Special circumstances case by case (premature infant, etc.)
MultiCare Family Medicine Center
Phone: 253-403-6750
- Offered, but patient must be established.
MultiCare Tacoma Family Medicine
Phone: 253-792-6680
- Offered, but mother must be an established patient.
Aaron Witz, MD, Newborn MD – Mercer Island
Phone: 206-232-0963
- Non-established patients accepted.
- Procedure may be done up to 6 weeks of age for full-term babies and up to four weeks after original due date for pre-term babies.
Pacific Medical Center- Seattle
Phone: 888-472-2633
- Non-established patients accepted before 4 weeks old
Southwest Pediatrics- Burien
Phone: 206-243-4811
- Non-established patients accepted. Before 2 weeks old preferred, up to 3 weeks old.
Swedish Family Medicine – Seattle
First Hill Clinic (Tuesday only): 206-386-9505
Family Medicine Ballard Clinic (Monday-Friday): 206-297-5100
Primary Care Ballard Clinic (Monday-Friday): 206-320-3335
- Non-established patients accepted.
- Procedure may be done up to 28 days of age.
- Clinic bills commercial insurance; otherwise, they offer $250 out-of-pocket fee (if Medicaid and not Amerigroup) that includes follow-up appointment.
Valley Family Medicine- Renton
Phone: 425-690-9718
- Offered for established patients up to 4 weeks old
Primary care for newborns
Beyond newborn circumcision, regular visits with a primary care provider are important so we can track your child’s growth, development and immunizations, as well as build our relationship with you and your child.