Surgery and procedures CPT 55250 Outpatient

Vasectomy cost in Harrisburg, PA

In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vasectomy, one or both sides, including follow-up semen testing: from $3,180.95 to $4,190.23, with a median of $3,685.59. The lowest listed price is at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center — $504.64 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $2,402.50 at 9 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 55250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$3,180.95Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center
Median$3,685.59half pay less
Highest$4,190.23in this market
Difference1.3×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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

median
Lowest $3,180.95Highest $4,411.26
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 55250 REMOVAL OF SPERM DUCT(S) Tech $3,180.95 $13,315.00 $892.40–$10,652.00 76% —
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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA · (717) 981-9000 55250 REMOVAL OF SPERM DUCT(S) Tech $4,190.23 $13,315.00 $1,736.57–$10,652.00 69% —
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center both sides Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 55250 Vasectomy Unilateral/Bilateral $4,411.26 $13,315.00 $1,884.48–$11,922.52 67% —
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Outpatient: lowest $3,180.95, median $3,685.59, highest $4,190.23 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $4,411.26, median $4,411.26, highest $4,411.26.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,685.59. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.