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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Vasectomy

CPT 55250the billing code this page is about

Cutting and sealing the sperm-carrying ducts for permanent male birth control, on one or both sides, including the follow-up semen checks.

Hospitals typically charge $1,375 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,311 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,713. Most fall between $608 and $4,021 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,311
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,311 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$388$694$1,375$3,355$6,125

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($388 vs $6,125).

How the prices are spread

$240 – $342: 47 hospitals$240$342 – $488: 75 hospitals$488 – $697: 143 hospitals$488$697 – $994: 196 hospitals$994 – $1,418: 138 hospitals$994$1,418 – $2,023: 103 hospitals$2,023 – $2,886: 177 hospitals$2,023$2,886 – $4,117: 107 hospitals$4,117 – $5,873: 111 hospitals$4,117$5,873 – $8,378: 94 hospitals$5,873median $1,375price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,191 of 1,311 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$240$34247
$342$48875
$488$697143
$697$994196
$994$1,418138
$1,418$2,023103
$2,023$2,886177
$2,886$4,117107
$4,117$5,873111
$5,873$8,37894

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,136
Median cash price$1,375
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.64×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,375.

Alaska: median $1,375 across 10 hospitalsAK$1,375Maine: median $547 across 11 hospitalsME$547Vermont: median $801 across 12 hospitalsVT$801New Hampshire: median $531 across 11 hospitalsNH$531Washington: median $1,244 across 38 hospitalsWA$1,244Idaho: median $2,500 across 15 hospitalsID$2,500Montana: median $536 across 15 hospitalsMT$536North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,090 across 60 hospitalsMN$1,090Illinois: median $951 across 48 hospitalsIL$951Wisconsin: median $904 across 61 hospitalsWI$904Michigan: median $736 across 56 hospitalsMI$736New York: median $2,424 across 62 hospitalsNY$2,424Massachusetts: median $2,595 across 30 hospitalsMA$2,595Oregon: median $681 across 31 hospitalsOR$681Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,022 across 13 hospitalsSD$1,022Iowa: median $892 across 64 hospitalsIA$892Indiana: median $1,049 across 35 hospitalsIN$1,049Ohio: median $3,769 across 57 hospitalsOH$3,769Pennsylvania: median $2,373 across 46 hospitalsPA$2,373New Jersey: median $2,733 across 34 hospitalsNJ$2,733Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,864 across 79 hospitalsCA$3,864Utah: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,063 across 25 hospitalsCO$2,063Nebraska: median $876 across 39 hospitalsNE$876Missouri: median $808 across 32 hospitalsMO$808Kentucky: median $539 across 17 hospitalsKY$539West Virginia: median $2,003 across 27 hospitalsWV$2,003Virginia: median $924 across 19 hospitalsVA$924Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,795 across 10 hospitalsAZ$1,795New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $735 across 41 hospitalsKS$735Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $899 across 24 hospitalsTN$899North Carolina: median $1,500 across 19 hospitalsNC$1,500South Carolina: median $2,140 across 20 hospitalsSC$2,140Oklahoma: median $691 across 16 hospitalsOK$691Louisiana: median $1,311 across 25 hospitalsLA$1,311Mississippi: median $1,199 across 21 hospitalsMS$1,199Alabama: median $2,251 across 15 hospitalsAL$2,251Georgia: median $3,184 across 27 hospitalsGA$3,184Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,218 across 48 hospitalsTX$3,218Florida: median $4,152 across 30 hospitalsFL$4,152
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,375. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL30$4,152+202%$3,355 – $5,216
California CA79$3,864+181%$1,365 – $8,378
Ohio OH57$3,769+174%$1,930 – $6,762
Texas TX48$3,218+134%$1,131 – $4,942
Georgia GA27$3,184+132%$1,643 – $10,780
New Jersey NJ34$2,733+99%$2,267 – $5,419
Massachusetts MA30$2,595+89%$991 – $4,329
Idaho ID15$2,500+82%$543 – $5,304
New York NY62$2,424+76%$667 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA46$2,373+73%$149 – $4,190
Alabama AL15$2,251+64%$748 – $6,643
South Carolina SC20$2,140+56%$1,037 – $2,654
Colorado CO25$2,063+50%$646 – $5,406
West Virginia WV27$2,003+46%$388 – $6,012
Arizona AZ10$1,795+31%$519 – $11,160
North Carolina NC19$1,500+9%$269 – $8,435
Alaska AK10$1,3750%$568 – $2,524
Louisiana LA25$1,311−5%$582 – $2,994
Washington WA38$1,244−10%$588 – $2,133
Mississippi MS21$1,199−13%$670 – $2,577
Minnesota MN60$1,090−21%$556 – $1,723
Indiana IN35$1,049−24%$525 – $1,654
South Dakota SD13$1,022−26%$1,022 – $1,374
Illinois IL48$951−31%$618 – $2,744
Virginia VA19$924−33%$226 – $6,436
Wisconsin WI61$904−34%$704 – $1,811
Tennessee TN24$899−35%$414 – $2,823
Iowa IA64$892−35%$563 – $1,122
Nebraska NE39$876−36%$475 – $1,834
Missouri MO32$808−41%$485 – $2,805
Vermont VT12$801−42%$529 – $3,070
Michigan MI56$736−46%$240 – $3,390
Kansas KS41$735−47%$502 – $1,719
Oklahoma OK16$691−50%$691 – $2,604
Oregon OR31$681−50%$490 – $1,114
Maine ME11$547−60%$286 – $1,320
Kentucky KY17$539−61%$443 – $2,174
Montana MT15$536−61%$275 – $1,598
New Hampshire NH11$531−61%$212 – $950
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,375.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care849$2,269$715 – $5,018
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access452$892$505 – $1,723
Ownership
For-profit120$3,837$1,007 – $7,504
Government310$1,035$586 – $2,703
Non-profit878$1,492$582 – $3,998
System affiliation
Part of a system998$1,586$670 – $4,572
Independent313$1,020$497 – $2,800

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,011
Median cash price$1,375
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

734 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,379 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,704; most fall between $568 and $3,864.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 734 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$381$691$1,379$3,327$6,125

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($381 vs $6,125).

Of the 798 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 734 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,311 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,424 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,311
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,424

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Vasectomy Uni/Bi Spx W/Postop Semen Exams.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Vasectomy (CPT 55250) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55250-vasectomy