Surgery and procedures CPT 55250 Outpatient

Vasectomy cost in New Orleans, LA

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for vasectomy, one or both sides, including follow-up semen testing: from $375.20 to $4,279.73, with a median of $737.80. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $362.60 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $1,265.22 at 26 hospitals.

  • The median here, $737.80, is 65% below the US median of $2,104.00.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 5 cities for code 55250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026.

Lowest$375.20Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
Median$737.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,279.73in this market
Difference11.4×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median
Lowest $375.20Highest $22,351.37
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC VASECTOMY UNI OR BIL File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file $375.20 $1,340.00 $481.27–$7,175.44 72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 PR REMOVAL OF SPERM DUCT(S)+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $581.68 $2,644.00 $481.27–$8,806.00 78%
East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $684.18 $4,887.00 $1,021.38–$977.40 86%
Tulane Medical Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 988-5263 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jun 25, 2026 · source file $684.18 $4,887.00 $1,021.38–$977.40 86%
Lakeside Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $684.18 $4,887.00 $1,021.38–$977.40 86%
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $791.42 $5,653.00 $1,053.15–$960.00 86%
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA · (504) 347-5511 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jun 30, 2026 · source file $884.00 $5,525.00 $1,064.67–$5,525.00 84%
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 899-9511 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file $1,310.58 $4,854.00 $1,374.17–$6,907.00 73%
University Med Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 702-3000 Removal of Sperm Duct File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $1,856.36 $8,438.00 $10,000.00–$8,438.00 78%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 REMOVAL OF SPERM DUCT(S) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $4,279.73 $13,374.17 $468.30–$4,891.23 68%
Omega Hospital both sides Metairie, LA · (504) 616-3897 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of May 26, 2026 · source file $22,351.37 $38,316.63 $38,316.63–$63,861.05 42%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $375.20, median $737.80, highest $4,279.73 — a 11.4× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $22,351.37, median $22,351.37, highest $22,351.37.

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 $581.68. 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 10 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 8 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 vasectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Vasectomy explained.