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[deleted] OP t1_irwg8lb wrote

Reply to comment by RockemChalkemRobot in Uninsured Patients Can Recieve Free Vasectomies in Springfield, Joplin in November by [deleted]

I only had to pay two office visit co-pays. One for the consultation and one for the procedure. About $80 total for me. But if Mercy is your in network hospital you'll run into trouble because they don't do vasectomies, I've been told.

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Stat63 t1_irwskqo wrote

You are correct, Mercy doesn’t perform them and outsources to a clinic that doesn’t accept insurance…out of pocket only. Luckily I can go to either Mercy or Cox and have my procedure booked for December. Merry Xmas to me!

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ProGlizzyHandler t1_irynf5w wrote

Yep. My doc worked for mercy but did vasectomies at a non-mercy clinic on the weekends. $1100 wasn't bad. They gave me the insurance forms in case I wanted to try to make a claim. 10 minutes of looking at that was all it took to decide my sanity was worth more than anything insurance would potentially cover.

Since you're getting your procedure soon, go buy some bags of frozen corn or pees. No joke, they're much nicer on the boys. They settled around everything better and don't have that "oh fuck this is so cold" intensity you get from a normal ice pack.

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Stat63 t1_is0gwp8 wrote

Thank you for the advice, I will most definitely grab some!

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blitzalchemy t1_irx3ht9 wrote

I believe although Mercy insurances are out of network for Cox, cox urology clinic has a contract exception to have in network benefits for urology and vasectony services. I could be wrong about that though.

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