Vasectomy

[JHizzle1]

Hi out there. I am strongly considering the "V" surgery in Atlanta. I am 45 with 2 kids, once Divorced, and now happily remarried. My wife and I have nooooooo interest in having any kids. Is this surgery generally covered by insurance? If not, what kind of cost am I looking at? I am not soo worried with pain and/or complications from the surgery. Does it matter very much which Urologist does the surgery? It seems pretty straight forward to me. Any comments or insight will be greatly appreciated.

[ILTV]

With regards to the insurance question...you probably be best served by giving your insurance provider a call & ask them. For me personally, I have an HMO & as long as my primary care physician gave the referral for the procedure, it wasn't a problem. Just had mine done x 9 days ago. Without insurance, I've read a couple of places that it would probably run you in the $1500-$2000 range, but don't hold me to that.

Also, I think it does matter what urologist does the procedure...the more of these that the doc has done, the less of a chance you're going to have of running into a problem and if you do have a complication...do you really want a novice banging around down there trying to figure it out. When I went in for my consultation, that was one of the first questions I asked of my doctor...How many of these do you do a year?

Hope it helps...

[JHizzle1]

Point Taken, thanks!