All the privacy, comfort, and convenience of your own home.
All the reliability of a clinical laboratory.
The gold standard mail-in kit analyzed in a CLIA certified laboratory by an experienced, licensed technician.
Read the recently published, “Vasectomy is a Women’s Health
Issue” by Ann A Kiessling, in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
HOW IT WORKS
Step 1
Collect a semen specimen at home
Collect a specimen at your convenience and avoid a lab visit.
Step 2
Deposit into collection bottle
PVSA uses a patented fixative that preserves the semen specimen for analysis.
Step 3
Drop specimen box in any US mailbox
Our fixative eliminates the time sensitivity in testing, and can be sent via regular mail.
Step 4
Analysis performed on arrival
The vasectomy results are immediately reported after our analysis is complete.
Testing Made Easy!
Post-vasectomy semen testing from the comfort and privacy of your home.
🥇 The gold-standard PVSA!
PVSA is the gold-standard mail-in test kit! The most experienced, most sensitive, and most cost-effective service
Cost ²
Fewest sperm detected ³
Collect at home
Taken to LabWithin an Hour
Mail to Licensed Lab
Results Reported to Doctor
Conducts Research on Male Health
1
$50
3,000
✔
No
✔
✔
✔
SpermCheck
$32.50
250,000
✔
No
No
No
No
Fellow
$150.00
66,000
✔
No
✔
Sometimes
No
MaleFromHome
$50.00
100,000
✔
No
✔
✔
No
Exposome
$27.50
250,000
✔
No
No
No
No
CapScore
$145.00
unknown
✔
No
✔
Unknown
✔
Jack-At-Home
$89.00
100,000
✔
No
✔
No
No
Hospital/ commercial lab
$60 to $400
100,000
Varies
✔
No
✔
No
(1) PVSA is the original home collection kit for post-vasectomy testing by a federal- and state-licensed clinical lab
(2) Cost quotes obtained from websites
(3) Several methods are used to determine the number of sperm per milliliter of semen specimen; the numbers listed are the lowest concentration of sperm detectable by the test; PVSA is one to two orders of magnitude more sensitive than all the other methods.
SEND THE KIT BY REGULAR MAIL
The PVSA vasectomy test kit uses a patented preservative that allows the patient to complete the kit at home and drop it into any standard US Mail box.
EASY TO READ REPORT
Your PVSA report will be sent to your doctor quickly after receipt in the lab.
EASY TO USE KIT
Ninety six percent (96%) of patients surveyed agree PVSA is easy and convenient to use.
GOLD STANDARD MAIL-IN KIT
PVSA is the leading Vasectomy Test Kit that provides CLIA certified laboratory results from a mail in kit.
CLIA CERTIFIED LAB RESULTS
Each specimen is individually examined with a hemacytometer by a trained laboratory technician, and archived for three years.
AWARD WINNING RESEARCHERS
The Bedford Research Foundation received the prestigious Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine