The Cost involved with IVF

[mummy2chloe]

hey beau

just thought i would let you know that i am going to be doing ivf with monash in rocky as well and i rang them the other day as money is an issue with us, plus we dont have private health and they said that i can do a prepayment which is more or less like paying the gap, she told me it will cost me around $4500 for an icsi cycle and that includes the doctors fee, which i think is pretty good and then the other thing you have to pay for is the day surgery fee which is at the hill crest and she said it will be around $1000-$1500 but that includes both the egg pick up and the egg transfer which is pretty good. so i have done a rough estimate at how much i would need and it works out to be around the $6000 mark to do a complete cycle,

if you want feel free to pm me at any time if you feel like a chat
also just give them a call thats all i did and they were great, i told them money was a bit of a problem and thats when she told me about the prepayment thing, which isnt to bad, any of the money you get back from medicare goes straight to them and you pay what medicare doesnt cover. doing it this way is going to help my situation and is going to allow me to do an actually cycle this yr instead of waiting till next yr

hope this has helped

take care

[barney]

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Our current fees
Services out-of-pocket costs
Fees current as of 1st November, 2007
Treatment Initial cycle payment Initial day surgery payment* Out of pocket after applicable Medicare & health fund insurance rebates**
IVF $7,442.00 $0 - $1,491 $1,525.49 - $3,863.45
ICSI $7,772.10 $0 - $1,491 $1,525.49 - $3,863.45
Frozen Embryo Transfer $2,844.00 $0 - $521 $413.96 - $1,781.92
Stimulated IUI $1,941.00 $245 $534.81 - $1,381.77

Please ensure you have a current referral from your GP in order to claim from Medicare.
* Day surgery initial payment is subject to level of health fund cover

then we paid 1200 for epu and $5oo for transfer

[beau_9]

thank-you for your replys.
yeah we don't have any health insurance either mummy2chloe, but we joined the medicare safety net and we got some helpful information regarding costs etc from the hillcrest ladies last week and they were absolutely fantastic. we got a mountain of reading and some really good, professional advice.
when we go to our appoint next month i will def talk to the doc about it all and i think prepaying it the way you said will definately help us out a bit also.
i must say we've been a little overwhelmed and nervous lately but it was lovely for Dh and i to see all the beautiful ivf babies photos on the wall in the doctors office.
good luck to you all.

[kateB]

Have realised how very lucky we are going through Repromed here in Adelaide. The final out of pocket expense for an IVF cycle is maximum of $1804 which includes everything associated with the cylce. Freezing our embryos is about $400 for six months (but don't quote me on that I can't quite remember or find the literature...)

Thus far we have nothing but accolades for the staff at Repromed - they are very warm and caring and definitely don't treat you like a number. I've heard some not so good stories (mainly USA based) where couples are treated very poorly and don't feel like they really matter - especially once the money is paid!