Surgery and procedures CPT 55250 Outpatient

Vasectomy cost in San Francisco, CA

In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for vasectomy, one or both sides, including follow-up semen testing: from $23,351.40 to $23,351.40, with a median of $23,351.40. Across California, the median is $2,784.11 at 23 hospitals.

  • The median here, $23,351.40, is 1010% above 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 11 cities for code 55250, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 26, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$23,351.40MarinHealth Medical Center
Median$23,351.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$23,351.40in 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

median
Lowest $8,377.60Highest $23,351.40
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
MarinHealth Medical Center lowest Greenbrae, CA · (415) 925-7900 REMOVAL OF SPERM DUCT File of Mar 26, 2026 · source file $23,351.40 $38,919.00 $2,330.00–$20,154.52 40%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond both sides Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro both sides San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont both sides Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael both sides San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus both sides Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco both sides San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco both sides South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch both sides Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek both sides Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City both sides Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 VASECTOMY UNI/BI SPX W/POSTOP SEMEN EXAMS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $8,377.60 $14,960.00 $2,475.00–$7,752.00 44%
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 $23,351.40, median $23,351.40, highest $23,351.40.

Both sides : lowest $8,377.60, median $8,377.60, highest $8,377.60.

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 10 facilities here, median $8,377.60. 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 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.

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