About Our Services
- Who is SpermAccount™ designed for?
- Why bank my sperm if I will be having chemotherapy or radiation?
- Why bank my sperm if I'm planning to have a vasectomy?
- When should I start banking sperm?
- What's involved?
- What geographic areas do you serve?
- What about cost?
Who is SpermAccount™ designed for?
Generally speaking, two distinct groups of men utilize SpermAccount. Many are men with cancer who are going to have radiation or chemotherapy. The other group is men planning to have vasectomies.
Why bank my sperm if I will be having chemotherapy or radiation?
Current cancer treatments often result in temporary or permanent infertility. Cancer itself, like any systemic illness, can also result in a decline in sperm production.
Why bank my sperm if I'm planning to have a vasectomy?
It's not uncommon for a man to change his mind about wanting children later in life. Circumstances can shift with the loss of children or a remarriage following divorce or the death of a spouse. Also, vasectomy reversals are often ineffective, resulting in poor sperm quality and motility.
When should I start banking sperm?
Ideally, you should allow enough time in advance of your medical procedure to make about six sperm deposits for each child. The exact number of deposits required varies due to factors such as age, health status and sperm count and motility. The supply should be sufficient to allow for the fact that it typically takes inseminations over eight months for a woman to become pregnant using frozen sperm. For men who can make only one or two deposits prior to treatment, such advanced assisted reproductive procedures as in vitro fertilization (IVF) can make pregnancy possible.
What's involved?
Allow 45 minutes for your first visit and about 30 minutes for each subsequent appointment. The initial appointment includes time for a deposit and a consultation to evaluate how many visits will be required to produce an adequate sperm supply. Within two days, a small fraction of your specimen will be thawed and examined to determine the number of surviving sperm and the their motility. That information will help us decide if an adjustment is advised in the number of deposits initially planned.
What geographic areas do you serve?
We have fully-staffed offices in San Francisco and Pasadena, making our services available to large parts of Northern and Southern California. Both offices are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings by appointment.
What about cost?
We make every effort to make our services affordable.
Our fees are:
| Initial visit and sperm deposit | |||
| Registration and Initial Consultation | $125 | ||
| Initial Freezing (includes Semen Analysis & Post-Thaw Exam) |
$225 | ||
| Men's STD Lab Panel at PRS (includes blood draw as required by law) | $190 | ||
| Blood and urine collection, retrieval of sperm samples | no charge | ||
Total cost for initial visit (does not include storage fee) |
$540 | ||
| Semen Processing: | |||
| Each subsequent freezing | $175 | ||
| Sperm Wash and Freeze | $275 | ||
| Sperm Count and Motility Check | $125 | ||
| Sperm Wash without PRS IUI | $185 | ||
| Semen storage fees (In $) | ||
| Quarterly | $120 | |
| Semi-Annual | $220 | |
| Annual | $360 | |
| 5 Years (paid in advance) | $1,350 | |
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