Some of our partner labs let you collect your sample at home and bring it in, instead of using a collection room. You get the privacy of testing at home with a full clinical semen analysis run by an accredited andrology lab — not the narrower reading a mail-in kit can give you.
Pick one of the labs below and book online. A licensed physician on Hera's clinical team reviews and signs your lab order, so you don't need a doctor's visit or a referral.
Depending on the lab, Hera mails you a sterile collection cup, or you pick one up from the lab before your appointment. Your confirmation says which, and every at-home order comes with written collection instructions.
Collect at home, then deliver the sample to the lab inside its delivery window — usually somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes, kept close to body temperature. Your lab's exact window is on your order, so plan the trip before you collect.
Most labs report within 24-48 hours. Your results land in your private Hera dashboard with a plain-English breakdown of what each number means, and you can book time with our clinical team if anything needs explaining.
These are not the same product. A mail-in kit ships your sample overnight to a central lab; at-home collection with Hera means the sample reaches a real andrology lab within the hour, while it is still fresh.
That matters most for motility — the share of sperm that are swimming, and how well. Motility degrades within about an hour of collection even with preservatives, which is why mail-in kits often report concentration or a "motile sperm count" rather than the full motility and morphology picture a lab measures under a microscope.
If you want the convenience of home with results a fertility clinic will actually work from, at-home collection at a partner lab is the version that gives you both. If no lab near you offers it yet, an on-site visit at one of our 700+ partner labs gets you the same analysis.
54 partner labs across 18 states and provinces currently allow at-home collection. We add more as we confirm them — if your lab isn't listed, it may still say yes, so it's worth asking us.
At-home collection is still rolling out lab by lab. You can book a standard semen analysis at any of our 700+ partner labs — same physician-signed order, same accredited analysis, same $60 Hera fee, with a private collection room at the lab. Most patients get an appointment within a few days.
At many labs, yes. The lab has to agree to it, you need a sterile collection cup, and the sample has to reach the lab inside its delivery window — usually about 30 to 60 minutes after collection. The labs listed on this page have confirmed they accept at-home collection.
Yes, as long as you meet the lab's timing and temperature instructions — it's the same sample analyzed by the same lab under the same procedure. Accuracy problems come from delay and temperature, not from where you collected. That's also the difference between this and a mail-in kit, where the sample spends a night in transit.
It depends on the lab, and it's usually somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes. Your exact window is on your order and in the collection instructions you get with it. Plan the drive before you collect, and keep the cup close to body temperature on the way.
It depends on the lab. For some, Hera mails you a sterile cup before your appointment; for others you pick one up from the lab. The lab's entry on this page says which, and so does your order confirmation. Don't substitute a household container — the sample has to be collected in a sterile, lab-approved cup.
No. A licensed physician on Hera's clinical team reviews and signs your lab order after you book, which is what the lab needs to run the test. No appointment, no referral, no consult fee.
A $60 one-time Hera fee for the physician-signed order and coordination, plus the lab's own price, which varies by location and is shown before you book. There are no consult fees and nothing goes through insurance.
A full clinical semen analysis: volume, sperm concentration, total count, motility, and morphology, read against WHO reference ranges. You also get an AI-powered breakdown explaining what each number means for fertility.
Abstain from ejaculation for 2 to 5 days before collecting, avoid lubricants unless your lab supplies a sperm-safe one, and collect the entire sample — the first portion holds most of the sperm. Your written instructions cover the rest.
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