Having my sperm frozen. Are there affordable options?

In the past getting that sort of thing done has proven expensive. Furthermore making mention that you want to freeze sperm tends to show doubt. Some doctors will refuse you based on that.

All that being said, another Y!A user told me that he found a clinic that offers sperm storage as well as vasectomies.

I suggest you look into "tissue banks" or "cryobanks". Typically a "sperm bank" is different. They typically offer your sperm to strangers. That may be just what you want. Usually a "sperm bank" is free to the person making the deposit. You may even get paid for it. That, of course, means you do not have the option to decide who gets your sperm.

Freezing sperm sounds simple but it's not. The whole freezing and thawing process is quite harsh on your sperm cells, and many will die. From all people that show up as potential sperm donors only 25% will remain because their sperm is good enough to support the freezing and thawing. So, it's not a 'standard' or 'one size fit's all' story...

If you're interested in freezing sperm you need to contact a sperm bank, their are roughly two type of cases of people that freeze sperm, the ones that just donate sperm for infertile couples, single mother's by choice, or lesbian couple's. In this situation they even will pay you for the donations if you're healthy and have good sperm, on the negative side, you have no real say in who can use your sperm. You should try to make a 'special deal' with them that from all the donations you make a part is set aside / reserved for yourself, this is not a standard procedure, and need to be discussed with the management of that specific sperm bank.

The other version is so called 'cyropreservation'. Here you ask basically the sperm bank to store the sperm only for you, in your case, before a vasectomy, or sometimes for people with dangerous jobs, military personnel, and cancer patient before chemo that could render them sterile. There will be storage and treatment fees per donation, and it might become relatively costly. Depending on the jurisdiction you might have legal documents to sign, also as what should happen with your sperm if you would happen to die while they have sperm stored of you.

This version comes with a sort of 'conflict of interest' for the sperm bank. They are just interested to use free tank space to generate money next to their normal business of selling sperm to single wannabe mums, lesbian couples and hetero couples with male factor. They have no legal obligation to render a woman pregnant with the sperm you store with them for your own use. I'm not saying they're scamming you, but there might be some situations whereby this comes quiet close to this definition.

To avoid being 'lured' into such a scam, you can test your sperm in a different clinic to make sure 'it's worth freezing' and then go to another clinic to have it really stored. Another option is to present yourself as a potential donor as have yourself tested before deciding.

If you're fine with donating sperm for recipients you don't know you can also pick the first suggestion whereby you try to strike a deal with the sperm bank. You donate for their sperm bank as a donor, and in stead of receiving payments for the donations you ask for reserving a part for yourself for free or against reduced costs.

I would have to google the info as I have no personal experience in having my sperm frozen. However it would seem google is of little use so I suggest you:

Research and familiarize yourself with the process of having sperm frozen then weigh the pros and cons of each prospective company, what they do and their rate of success doing it. You may have to make a few phone calls and send a few emails.

Just donate it to a sperm bank. Plenty of people could benefit if you did that.