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The gold standard mail-in kit analyzed in a CLIA certified laboratory by an experienced, licensed technician.

Avoid the inconvenience of producing a semen sample in your doctor’s office. With the PVSA mail-in kit, a semen sample is collected discretely in the privacy of your home.

More info

“We used to do our own labs in our office. Now PVSA.org does the mailing, the microscopy, the CLIA certification, everything… It’s terrific to have professionals streamline a service for us so we can focus on doing great vasectomies.”

Dr. John Curington, GreatVas Gentle Vasectomy Center

“PVSA.org is just so much more convenient for so many of our patients.”

Dr. Joshua Yap, Planned Parenthood Great Plains

“Easy to use and very efficient system.”

Dr. C. Buchanan Granbury, TX

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

10,000

No

No

Exposome

$27.50

250,000

No

No

No

No

CapScore

$145.00

unknown

No

Unknown

No

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

The gold standard mail-in kit analyzed in a CLIA certified laboratory by an experienced, licensed technician.

Avoid the inconvenience of producing a semen sample in your doctor’s office. With the PVSA mail-in kit, a semen sample is collected discretely in the privacy of your home.

More info

The gold standard mail-in kit analyzed in a CLIA certified laboratory by an experienced, licensed technician.

Avoid the inconvenience of producing a semen sample in your doctor’s office. With the PVSA mail-in kit, a semen sample is collected discretely in the privacy of your home.

More info

The gold standard mail-in kit analyzed in a CLIA certified laboratory by an experienced, licensed technician.

Avoid the inconvenience of producing a semen sample in your doctor’s office. With the PVSA mail-in kit, a semen sample is collected discretely in the privacy of your home.

More info

“We used to do our own labs in our office. Now PVSA.org does the mailing, the microscopy, the CLIA certification, everything… It’s terrific to have professionals streamline a service for us so we can focus on doing great vasectomies.”

Dr. John Curington, GreatVas Gentle Vasectomy Center

“PVSA.org is just so much more convenient for so many of our patients.”

Dr. Joshua Yap, Planned Parenthood Great Plains

“Easy to use and very efficient system.”

Dr. C. Buchanan Granbury, TX

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

Lowest number of sperm detected by test

Collect at home

Mail to Licensed Lab

Results Reported to Doctor

Conducts Research on Male Health

1

$50

3,000

SpermCheck

$32.50

250,000

No

No

No

Fellow

$150.00

66,000

Sometimes

No

Other Mail-in Services

$27-$150

100,000 –
250,000

Some

Some

Some

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

“We used to do our own labs in our office. Now PVSA.org does the mailing, the microscopy, the CLIA certification, everything… It’s terrific to have professionals streamline a service for us so we can focus on doing great vasectomies.”

Dr. John Curington, GreatVas Gentle Vasectomy Center

“PVSA.org is just so much more convenient for so many of our patients.”

Dr. Joshua Yap, Planned Parenthood Great Plains

“Easy to use and very efficient system.”

Dr. C. Buchanan Granbury, TX

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

Lowest number of sperm detected by test

Collect at home

Mail to Licensed Lab

Results Reported to Doctor

Conducts Research on Male Health

1

$50

3,000

SpermCheck

$32.50

250,000

No

No

No

Fellow

$150.00

66,000

Sometimes

No

Other Mail-in Services

$27-$150

100,000 –
250,000

Some

Some

Some

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

“We used to do our own labs in our office. Now PVSA.org does the mailing, the microscopy, the CLIA certification, everything… It’s terrific to have professionals streamline a service for us so we can focus on doing great vasectomies.”

Dr. John Curington, GreatVas Gentle Vasectomy Center

“PVSA.org is just so much more convenient for so many of our patients.”

Dr. Joshua Yap, Planned Parenthood Great Plains

“Easy to use and very efficient system.”

Dr. C. Buchanan Granbury, TX

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

Lowest number of sperm detected by test

Collect at home

Mail to Licensed Lab

Results Reported to Doctor

Conducts Research on Male Health

1

$50

3,000

SpermCheck

$32.50

250,000

No

No

No

Fellow

$150.00

66,000

Sometimes

No

Other Mail-in Services

$27-$150

100,000 –
250,000

Some

Some

Some

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