it's hard to get a precise answer to this as my FS said medicare won't even give them strait answers, apparently there are too many scenarios. but the lady at medicare said that if i came in with an item number from the FS they could tell me my out of pocket costs.
Hi all have just been through my first ivf and trying to work out exactly what my out of cost pocket is.
Basic breakdown of my costs (city fertility centre melbourne)
IVF fee $6400 - Medicare rebate $4420.90
Doctors fee $1200 ( egg retrival, transfer and treatment plan)- Medicare rebate $385.50
Anaesethist $360 - private health rebate $240
hospital fee - unsure as I have private health cover with no gap
synarel - $110 - I think I can claim some from private health but haven't done this yet
Total cost minus rebates at this stage is $3023.60
I honestly thought I would get more back from Medicare for the doctors fees because I have hit the safety net. I am not sure if I can claim this part from private health as well. Does anyone know if you can?
I really like my FS and the clinic but I have a friend going through monash ivf and her ivf fee from what I can tell is inclusive of doctors fees and egg retrival. I am glad we
get something back which is better than nothing it's just amazing at the pricing disparity between different clinics.
etc.
Hi missymoohoo - take your doctors bill into your private health care provider and you will get more back from them. The egg retrieval and transfer are inpatient procedures and hence covered by your insurance. Hope this helps!
Miss K - I pay $7200 for my IVF/ICSI cycles (all inclusive) and i received back over $5300 from medicare only last month, so i'm not sure who told you about the max you will get back from medicare but that wasn't the case for me.
We received our 6 monthly Storage fee yesterday (QFG) it has gone from $150 per 6 months, up to $225/6 months.
Thought I would update in case anyone is lurking and reading.
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