Surgery and procedures CPT 55250 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Vasectomy cost in Corning, NY — inpatient

In Corning, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for vasectomy, one or both sides, including follow-up semen testing as an inpatient: from $870.24 to $870.24, with a median of $870.24. Across New York, the median is $2,481.25 at 9 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 55250, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$870.24Corning Hospital
Median$870.24half pay less
Highest$870.24in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $539.06Highest $870.24
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Corning Hospital lowest Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 HC Fac Removal of Sperm Duct(S) $870.24 $1,087.80 $179.49–$781.69 20% —
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St. James Hospital both sides Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 PR VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $539.06 $904.00 — 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $870.24, median $870.24, highest $870.24.

Both sides : lowest $539.06, median $539.06, highest $539.06.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $870.24 — 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 not 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

A vasectomy is a minor surgery that cuts or seals the tubes that carry sperm (the vas deferens) as permanent male birth control. It is usually done under local anesthesia in a urology office or outpatient clinic.

What the price covers

The code covers the procedure on one or both sides and the follow-up semen check(s) that confirm no sperm remain. In a hospital or surgery center the listed price may be the facility piece only, with the urologist and any sedation billed separately.