Both Orthodox and Conservative Jews comply with the halachic requirement of Pidyon HaBen.

There are some differences, however, as the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) permits a Bat Kohen (daughter of a male Kohen) to perform the Pidyon Haben ceremony on her own behalf.

The CJLS, however, concluded that a Pidyon HaBat ceremony for a daughter was "prohibited by the Torah" and suggested, as an alternative, that parents recite the text "Rabbi Akiva interpreted: By virtue of the reward due the righteous women of the generation of the Exodus were our forefathers redeemed from Egypt" for a first-born daughter, as part of the regular Simchat Bat ceremony.

Consistent with their views  that Temple- and priesthood-related rituals and statuses are archaic and inconsistent with modern egalitarian values, most members of the Reform Judaism movement do not perform the Pidyon HaBen ceremony.