How much does a vasectomy cost in Devonport and Burnie?
Short answer: a visiting clinic publishes $518 out of pocket after the Medicare rebate - $790 total (checked Aug 2026) - about 20 km from Burnie and 55 km from Devonport. One local clinic in Devonport quotes by phone, and one local clinic visits Devonport with an $850 same-day fee before the rebate. Most north-west men don’t need to travel to Launceston or Hobart.
- One local clinic: $790 total, about $518 out of pocket after the rebate
- One local clinic, Devonport: fee unpublished -
- One local clinic also runs Devonport visits at an $850 same-day fee before the Medicare rebate
- Neither local clinic service needs a GP referral
What north-west providers charge
North-west Tasmania has two local no-scalpel providers: one local clinic runs a resident GP-led service in Devonport, and one local clinic holds visiting clinic days at one of the local clinics, with dates released on its online booking calendar. A local clinic's periodic Devonport visits add a third option at an $850 same-day fee before the rebate.
| Clinic | Technique | Total fee | Medicare rebate | Out of pocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinic 1 | No-scalpel, open-ended | $790 | −$272 | $518 |
| Clinic 2 | Non-scalpel, open-ended with cautery | Price not published | - | Call for a quote |
Fee, minus rebate, equals out of pocket
Every clinic sets its own fee - Medicare’s contribution is fixed. The standard vasectomy rebate is $233.90 (MBS item 37623, schedule fee $275.15, current from 1 July 2026), and you need to be Medicare-eligible to claim it. The maths is simple: total fee, minus rebate, equals what you pay.
A local clinic's maths: $790 total, minus roughly $272 back from Medicare (the clinic bills a consult item alongside the procedure item), leaves about $518 out of pocket. For the Devonport clinics, ask what the total fee is and which Medicare items they bill so you can work out your own gap. No Medicare card? Expect the full fee - nationally that’s typically $825-$1,655. More detail: how the Medicare rebate works.
Travelling to Launceston doesn’t save money: its published prices are $518-$573 out of pocket - the same one local clinic fee you’d pay at Wynyard. Unless local clinic-day dates don’t suit, the north-west options are the practical choice.
Low-cost and public options on the north-west coast
Elective vasectomy is rarely done through Tasmania’s public hospitals - including North West Regional Hospital in Burnie and the Mersey Community Hospital - so there’s no realistic free pathway.
The low-cost information route is the family planning service’s Burnie clinic 6431 7692), which bulk bills appointments for under-21s, concession card holders and full-time students. The procedure itself is done privately at a local clinic, or through the family planning service’s partner one local clinic in Launceston at $573 out of pocket (checked Aug 2026).
Devonport & Burnie cost FAQs
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- Healthdirect Australia, “Vasectomy”, reviewed June 2024.
- Medicare Benefits Schedule, item 37623 (1 Jul 2026 indexation).
- Skin Cancer Centres, vasectomy procedure page (checked Aug 2026).
- the family planning service, vasectomy information page (checked Aug 2026).
- Published fee, booking and aftercare pages of the clinics we checked for this page (checked Aug 2026). We do not publish clinic names.