The Cost involved with IVF

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Sorry fishukie, I didn't see your post earlier. I'm not sure of the cost of GIFT.

I don't have private health cover either and am about to start my first cycle of IVF in 2 weeks. Up front we have to pay $2500 and then we will also have the hospital and anaesthetist expenses on top of that. We're expecting it to reach around $3500 all up.
We have also registered for the Medicare safety net so I'm not sure what that means for how much we will get back??

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Hi thanks for your reply!!! I am so glad to hear of someone else doing all this without private health cover. We just felt that by the time we had paid a year of premiums then we would have paid for most of the expenses anyway! I had been unsure of the whole Medicare Safety Net stuff and was quite dismayed to hear recently that anything you have done in a hospital is not included! So even though the costs altogether for my laparoscopy (including anaethetists fees etc) came to about $1800 our total contribution to the safety net adds up to only $118!! My jaw dropped when the medicare lady told me that! We got about $600 - 700 back though from medicare when we made our claim so we are losing but not so much!
That does sound good though $3500 for full IVF. I guess that GIFT would be slightly cheaper??

Hi Megan,
Just thought I would stick my head in and say we just did our first cycle with Monash IVF and from the $2500 got about $1700 back - I was really pleasantly surprised. So that is the good news. But, if you are going to a private hospital for EPU, I think you will end paying more than $1000 . But you may be lucky as sometimes they don't charge as much if they know you are paying, rather than private health insurance.
good luck

I have just found the price list that Monash IVF gave me.
It states that a standard IVF or GIFT cycle is $2434 out of pocket. Cheaper cycles are natural/minimal stim cycle ($1285) or AI ($515).

Hello my name is Cindy im 25 years old, DP and i have been trying for 4 years, 9 months through IVF. First stim cycle a BFN and my natuaral frozen cycle i done a HPT and got a Pos on that but sadly lost it 2 days before the BT. Currently on the meds for another stim cycle. Just thought i would introduce myself before i go posting my costs :)

My costs are:

$2434 - Stimulated Cycle
$108 - Synarel
$750 - EPU
$350 - ET

Frozen Cycle
$64 - Clearplan Ovulating Kit
$642 - to the clinic
$314 - ET

Love Cindy

Cindy, they look like Monash Clayton prices. Is that where you are going?

Hi Megan,

Im going through Monash Richmond.

Cindy

I hope everything goes well for you! :D

Hi ,

Just wondering if anyone can help me with info on up to date prices of IUI. DH and I are giving it one more go naturally and then we are biting the bullet and off to a specialist

Hi Zap
The price list I have for Monash is:

Artificial Insemination - $515
Artificial Insemination - stimulated $842

Is that what you are after? That's the same as IUI isn't it?? I'm not fully up to speed on all of the abbreviations yet?! lol

Thanks heaps Megan!

Stimulated does that mean with med's for ovulation?

Have you tried IUI or was IVF recommended to you?

Thanks again

Racheal

Yep, stimulated would mean being on meds. What meds though, I'm not sure.
IUI wasn't even mentioned by my FS and he recommended IVF straight away. I'm guessing mainly because of the success rates. IUI has a 10% success rate and IVF 40% (for my age group).
I really hope you don't have to go down that path Racheal. Fingers crossed for a BFP this cycle.

Hey Danni,

I have just sent you a email to the above link you put in. I hope you do not mind

After reading your posts I wanted to ask you a few questions about your treatment.

Thankyou jodie

Does anyone have information on costs with IVF Australia??

Hi Willow
What specifically are you after? I have a pamphlet on costs for the clinic I go to but it's a long list so depends on what kind of cycle you are looking at.

Hi Megan. We aren't sure yet. I have to wait until after my lap (hopefully next month) before we know exactly what we are facing.

I guess at this stage cost of a full stim cycle and perhaps ICSI (although it's not anticipated at this stage that we'll need this)??

Any info would be great at this stage. I have already been to IVF Aust, my FS there is doing my surgery and if need be I'd like to stay with them for IVF but of course cost is a major concern.

Thanks for taking the time to help me out, greatly appreciated.

Hi Willow, I have had to pay $2434 for a standard IVF cycle so far. (I will out of pocket up to about another $1000 when I go in for egg pick up next week.) ICSI at my clinic is an extra $500 on top of the standard IVF fee. I'm not sure how much it varies from clinic to clinic though, but at least that gives you a rough idea.
Don't forget about the medicare safety net too. Once you have spent over $1500 you get I think it's 80% of all out of pocket medical costs back.
Hope that helps a bit! :)

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Hi Willow, I have had to pay $2434 for a standard IVF cycle so far. (I will out of pocket up to about another $1000 when I go in for egg pick up next week.) ICSI at my clinic is an extra $500 on top of the standard IVF fee. I'm not sure how much it varies from clinic to clinic though, but at least that gives you a rough idea.
Don't forget about the medicare safety net too. Once you have spent over $1500 you get I think it's 80% of all out of pocket medical costs back.
Hope that helps a bit! :)

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ICSI is about $700 at my clinic (QFG) and don't forget that the medicare safety net is $1500 spent on out of hospital expenses. So Day theatre charges etc are not included in the addition.

Hi Willow!
I am in Western Sydney as well & have just had my little ICSI baby.
I paid $2990 for ICSI at Next Generation Fertility at Parramatta.
We got about $1400 back from Medicare. This cost was all inclusive we just had to pay extra for consults with the Dr, these ranged from $130-$200 per visit.
My private health fund covered my day surgery costs.
HTH & good luck!

Thanks Girls, no doubt i'll be back with lots more questions once I know that we have to do IVF for sure.

anybody out there know the costs of ivf through concept in perth? a friend went through it last year and said she only paid $1300 as they supplied the medicare rebate there and they didnt have to pay the initial amount. i think i will be doing the same procedure IVF with FET as my husbands little swimmers are fine and i have had tubal ligation.Does this sound correct?

Hi Ladies, I went with Syd IVF at Liverpool (Liked the Doctor there better than ones close to home at Norwest) anyway cost was $12258 for stim including icsi and pgd which we ended up not being able to do 2nd cycle was $7258 including icsi. Got 4400 back medicare first time and 5400 back 2nd time. With Medibank Private and had to wait more than 6 weeks first time to get 700 back. Don't know this time as it has been almost 10 weeks waiting for rebate. The amount did not include retrieval for husband which was totally out of pocket and cost us $2000 which includes storage. Cheers Tracey

I have just started my first ICSI cycle at SIVF, Canberra and the costs I have been quoted(taking into account the medicare rebate) are:

Assisted Reproductive Services: $3,381
Planning and Management: $126.50
Oocyte Retrieval: $336.45
Semen Prep: $95.15
Transfer of Embryos: $240.25

Total for SIVF: $4,179.35

On top of that is the drugs (as I have just started, I only have the cost of the Lucrin, which was $197) and the surgery costs, which are mostly covered by private health insurance. In total, the surgery is going to cost us about $346.

Other costs include Embryo freezing, which is $632 for 12 months. Although it sounds like a lot, we know it will all be worth it in the end!! :D

Hi Ladies
I am going through City Fertility in Brisbane standard fee's are $6000 with ICSI a further $350 and then the drugs, and on top of that my specialist fees and teh anaethetist.. Fortunately my very expensive private health insurance will cover the hospital!!

Cheers and good luck!

Good Afternoon Ladies

Does anyone know if there is any difference in price between Melbourne IVF and Monash IVF?

Also - can you claim your out of pocket expenses at tax time if they exceed the $1500 (which of course they probably will).

Hi Morgan,
i don't know about the price difference between Monash and Melbourne IVF.
I am with Melbourne IVF and all i know is that they only charge you the out-of-pocket. They sort the other bit out with Medicare and then you send the medicare chq to them.
It's nicer only putting $1700 on the credit card rather than the whole fee !
If you were interested to find out i would ring them both and ask. The Melbourne IVF accounts number is 9473 4422. They are very knowledgeable and nice.
Jo

Thanks heaps Jo. I met Dr Gronow this morning and am going to start with injections for now to bring on O and see how I go from there. Thanks again.

Morgan MIVF is alot cheaper than Monash. If you google MIVF it will have the pricing schedule on there. Glad you found help with Dr G he made our little girl :)
Bec

Hi all is anyone know the cost involved with repromed Adelaide? We have just started the journey and just wondered what kind of price it would be. We have a made a budget of so much but still curious to see what others have spent if any one would like to share.

Thanks

Hi
Im starting first cycle with westmead fertility centre on Wednesday They told me the entire cost would be $1450 and that covers everything. Are there any extra cgarges I should expect?????? Also how did you find them????

Hi
I start my first ivf cycle on wednesday they told me the entire charge would be 1450 are there any extra charges??? How did you find them??? Im really excited now

hi girls,
Nice to see a few of you are with MIVF and also Dr Gronow who I am also with i am going for a lap next friday and then on to IVF. we are yet to speak with accounts so is there anything extra on top of that 1700 such as bed and surgery charges?

Cheers
racheal

Hi Rachael,
Yes, there is more to pay than just $1,700. I will tell you my costs, but bear in mind you might have a different protocol. MIVF has a one off admin fee ($230) and I have extra for ICSI as well ($700). Plus there is the cost of the Synarel (I paid about $90), and I had to start on the BCP as well (about $30). Then of course the bed fee (depending on where you end up going (Freemasons $750 or Royal Women’s $250) - no Medicare rebate on that) and the anesthetist which we have been told will be approx $240 (before Medicare rebate). If you have PHI I think it covers some of the anesthetist and the bed costs (I think?) and of course it all depends on if you have reached the Medicare safety net or not then you get more back too I guess. There is an embryo storage fee of $90 per six months - but we aren't anywhere near that yet.
Plus you have to buy enough chocolate (or other treats :D ) to get you through this rollercoaster journey.
That's my basic list but of course once you get started the path can veer off depending on what works.
Hope that's given you a rough idea. Don't quote me on it :lol:
Good luck with your lap next friday.
Jo

Im going through SIVF Newcastle and here is a quick quote on what i will be paying:

One of Rego fee $100 (includes all the nurse assistance ultrasounds, counsellor etc etc)
IVF Cycle (includes ICSI) $4070
TESA $500
Lingard Hospital Bed $1120 (woman)
$300 (male unrefunded)
Synarel approx $150

and after the first $1039 we can recieve the 80% rebate from Medicare

DH and myself will be going through SIVF Newcastle here is a quick quote on what we will be paying:

One Off Registration $100 (includes all nurse assitance, counsellor, ultrasounds etc etc)
IVF Cycle (includes ICSI & Blastocyst Transfer) $4070
TESA $500
Frozen ET $1370
Lingard Private Hospital $1120 (woman)
$300 (male unrefunded)
Synarel approx $150

Also once you reach $1039 80% of everything after that will be refunded by Medicare, also if you dont have PHI the hospital day fee (e.g $1120) can be claimed on your next tax refund, by memory i think it is 20%, not a great deal but hey every little bit counts when it comes to this expensive rollercoaster...

Im still confused as to whether or not the Injection drugs are included in all of this though nothing extra was said about it, so i just assumed it is included in the IVF Cycle cost...????? Can any help?????

We have had 5 AIH cycles, all costing approx $800 upfront, 1st attempt was about $500 out of pocket, 2nd attempt approx $400 out of pocket, but from the 3 attempt found it was only costing about $50 out of pocket.

This year we have attempted our first ICSI cycle, no success yet. But all up it cost us $5300, got my rebate back from Medicare last week, it worked out it cost us $2150 out of pocket, including the rebates we received from our private health fund. However got another bill for $300 for the embryo freezing (haven't paid this yet, so not sure what we can claim back).

Waiting for a phone call about what the next stage of using that frozen embryo is.
I would like to know what costs we're up for with this procedure. We are going through the Queensland Fertility Group.

Thank you.

I'm a little afraid to sit down and add up what our first cycle cost us... Didn't help that I didn't realise the hospital charges for the EPU weren't included, and our PHI doesn't cover assisted conception. Although, I must say that overall it wasn't actually that bad - helps that my DH is a bit of a scrooge so there were savings that I didn't know existed that went towards a lot of it. We went through Next Generation Fertility here in Sydney - no extra charges for ICSI, which was great. Extra charges for blastocyst culture ($600) and they're talking about using polscope if we get to another one - $400, but they say it should reduce the fragmentation rates and give us more embryos in the end.

Bec7, I'm afraid there's no medicare rebate on the freezing fees, don't know if you may get anything from health insurance though.

Nope medicare doesnt pay anything with freezing costs...it has no item number. Must remember to pay my freezing bill that turns up every 6 months :)
Bec

Does anybody know what the costs for the actual usage of the frozen embryo? I imagine it will be less then the ICSI costs, but would like to know what i need to save up for. I thought it might be $2000 ish up front? But have no clue. I'm not even sure what will be involved, have to wait til next week to find out. I feel very up in the air right now.

It will depend on your individual clinic, Bec.

For mine, frozen embryo thawing and transfer costs $995 upfront, with actual out of pocket cost being around $200 when you reach the medicare safety net limit. Our upfront fee for the IVF cycle was $2990 - but this did not include some of the drugs, the blastocyst culture, and the hospital and related expenses for the egg collection. It should give you some idea though.

BW

Just be very careful in what information you get! I know on one I was looking at to see what ball park figure things would cost. They put the starting cost, then the amount it will cost you out of pocket BUT This out of pocket cost was when the couple have already reached the safety net. It does make a lot of difference.