Surgery and procedures CPT 55250 Outpatient

Vasectomy cost in Los Angeles, CA

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for vasectomy, one or both sides, including follow-up semen testing: from $1,550.64 to $8,023.00, with a median of $5,642.80. The lowest listed price is at Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital — $4,092.16 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $2,675.00 at 11 hospitals.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 10 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 Nov 26, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,550.64Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital
Median$5,642.80half pay less
Highest$8,023.00in this market
Difference5.2×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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

median
Lowest $195.60Highest $24,184.55
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital lowest Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Outpatient Surgical Services $1,550.64 $2,385.60 $3,850.38–$5,946.30 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 Ambulatory Surgery û Cigna Grouper Schedule* Grouper 2 $1,807.31 $2,780.47 $3,850.38–$5,946.30 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 OPG - 3 $1,807.31 $2,780.47 $3,850.38–$5,946.30 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Grouper - 3 $5,642.80 $8,681.23 $12,162.28–$18,056.43 35% Nov 26, 2025
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USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Removal Of Sperm Duct(S) $8,023.00 $8,023.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 Outpatient Surgical Group 2 $24,184.55 $37,207.00 $12,162.28–$18,056.43 35% Nov 26, 2025
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UCI Health-Orange both sides Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $195.60 $489.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine both sides Irvine, CA VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills both sides Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City both sides Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey both sides Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim both sides Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay both sides Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park both sides Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la both sides Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles both sides Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS $3,863.60 $7,430.00 $2,032.00–$6,044.00 48% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,550.64, median $5,642.80, highest $8,023.00 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $195.60, median $3,863.60, highest $3,863.60 — a 19.8× difference within the same market.

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 1 facility here, median $8,023.00. 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 2 it is 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.