The treatment is relevant when a person is at risk of becoming sterile for medical reasons, e.g. as a result of cancer treatment. In such cases, it may be appropriate to extract sperm so that the patient can attempt to have children at some point in the future. This treatment is considered to be part of later infertility treatment.
In order to receive support for the treatment, your expenses must first amount to at least NOK 21,508, which is the personal contribution as of 1 January 2026. The personal contribution is adjusted every year. The personal contribution is the same as in the case of contributions to medicines for infertility treatment.
You may be entitled to contributions regardless of where your treatment is provided, and it is not important whether the treatment is provided by a public or private hospital.
What can you get support for?
Contributions can be given for hormone preparations and preparations which either directly or indirectly affect the sex hormones and reproductive ability. Expenses for syringes and needles are considered to be part of the drug expenses for infertility treatment. For more information, see the circular concerning section 5-22 of the National insurance scheme.
Remember documentation
The doctor or hospital department must provide a statement stating that medical reasons necessitate the retrieval of sperm as a result of the patient’s desire to have children in the future. The statement must be sent to Helfo, together with documentation of your expenses.
Keep your receipts. Your personal contribution in connection with the retrieval of your sperm may later be considered as a basis for contributions for infertility treatment.
You must submit a claim for reimbursement to Helfo within six months of reaching the personal contribution amount. The deadline for submitting an application for reimbursement for expenses for medicines will start to count down when you reach the personal contribution limit.
Send your application to Helfo
You will need to include itemised receipts (or pharmacy lists) as attachments. These must include:
- the name of the patient
- the names of the medicines
- the prices of the medicines
- date of purchase
- the name of the prescribing doctor
- the doctor fills out the form “Behandlingsbekreftelse ved uttak av sæd av medisinske årsaker» which is available on helfo.no
If you are unable to use our digital form, you can fill in the following form instead:
Send your form together with original itemised receipts to Helfo, Postboks 2415, 3104 Tønsberg.
Processing time for health expenses and response to your application
Helfo’s processing time for applications for health expenses is normally up to 8 weeks.
Helfo will send the decision regarding your case to your inbox on Helsenorge (or to your digital mailbox if you use Digipost or e-Boks). If you do not use digital solutions, we will send the letter to your registered address in the National Population Register.
Submitting additional documentation
You must include all necessary information when you submit your application. This helps Helfo to process your case as quickly as possible.
- Has Helfo requested additional information, or you realize that important documentation has not previously been submitted? You may upload receipts, power of attorney (fullmakt), or others relevant documents using the link provided below.
- Please note that it is essential to enter the case number of your existing case in Altinn. This will enable us to process your case more efficiently. An example of a case number is “26/0000”.