The Cost involved with IVF

[{sarah}]

Yikes, I think we're on the very high end of the scale here. Ours is $8571.70 & total back from Medicare is $2446.35

Assisted Reproductive Services - $5569.75 ($1702.75 from Medicare)
Planning & Management - $190.80 ($64.30 from Medicare)
Oocyte Retrival - $577.80 ($241.35 from Medicare)
Semen Preparation - $143.35 ($39.20 from Medicare)
ICSI - $323.00 ($323.00 from Medicare)
Transfer of Embryos - $316.00 ($75.75 from Medicare)
Oocyte Retrival Day Surgery - $950.00
Transfer of Embryos - $510.00

On top of that we have paid $200 for two appointments, $150 for a semen analysis trial wash, $220.00 for Lucrin. Add to that the 1/2 hour travel every time we have an appointment + parking fees & OMG is it scary LOL!

[sushee]

Wow that is high Sarah. I have worked out that I only ever paid $2500 out of pocket at the most for a stim cycle, and that was down reg with a blast culture (not ICSI though)

[happymel]

Wowee Sarah, that is heaps!! My last cycle which i hadnt hit the medicare safety net, i got just over 1500 back from a total of $4200. That included blasts and ICSI. This time, i think i will prob get close to $3000 back. Are you with Syd IVF because i think they are quite expensive. Also, Sushee, i am moving to Perth next month, which clinic are you with? I kinda did a bit of a search and they have heaps of diff clinics over there, any recommendations???
Thanks heaps, Mel

[sushee]

Mel, I can't speak for the other clinics, but I was with Concept Fertility Centre and was very happy with them! PM me if you want any more info.

[nic]

Wow Sarah! That's some nice high prices there!

Nic

[{sarah}]

Yeah it is scary isn't it!! I think calculating it all out with the Medicare threshold & private health insurance, we'll be around about $2500-3000 out of pocket.

Have to add to that, they only do blastocyst transfer as well, so that's included in there somewhere.

[happymel]

Thanks Sushee, will let you know. Hoping....that this cycle will be successful and we wont need ivf for a while!! But will have to wait and see. Thanks for your help though.
Sarah, just think, will all be worth it in the end

[Baby Bliss]

Hi all,

Does anyone have the current price for the anaesthetist with MIVF at all?

Thank you

[Lenny]

Hi Kell,
My last two EPUs were done at Royal Womens (as opposed to Freemasons) and although i was told that there 'could' be an anaethestist charge depending on who was on on the day - i never got a bill from either time. Both were done in 2007.
My FS knew we had no PHI, and we were very grateful to him for seeing us at Royal Women's as we only had to pay about $280 each time to the hopsital, as opposed to about $780 at Freemason's for the same thing.
I guess both the anaethestist who i saw charged no more than the medicare schedule.
Hope that helps a bit.
GL
ETA: i am with MIVF
Jo

[Baby Bliss]

Thanks Jo! That is very helpful

[barney]

hi zoe.im no expert but im sure you can only have icsi through ivf as they take out you eggs and inject a single sperm into the egg to try to help fertalize better.
an IUI is an insemination of sperm into the women and you dont need ivf for that.hope that helps a little

[zoe72]

Thanks Smithy, I'll check that out

[slyder]

Hi Zoe,

You have to do a normal IVF cycle in order to do ICSI. The only difference with ICSI is they inject a single sperm into each egg, as opposed to straight IVF which just introduces a number of best available sperm into the immediate vicinity of each egg.

This is the current general chatter IVF/ICSI thread which may be of use to you.

[zoe72]

Hi all
I just noticed melbourne IVF are doing astudy on IVF/IUI which some of you may be eligable for. [no links: please read guidelines]

On another note Hubby has been sterislised and we want to have more children. we are weighing up whether to go through reversal or IVF. Trouble is it will cost us close to 10,000 dollars on IVF becasue I carry a genetic disorder.

However we are willing to take the chance, theres still a good chance nothing will be passed on should we try natural conception. I'm in Vic does anyone know what options might be available to us?

Thanks

[~BecD~]

Does anyone have a recent price list for Concept in Perth?

[aliceinwonderland]

Hi there,

Can anyone recommend one private health fund over another for covering IVF costs? We are with NIB but I hv t change son (no retail shop near my new job) and would love recommendations! We have HCF, MBF and Medibak Private nearby.
Cheers

[nic]

lily, maybe go in to each one and ask them what the offer for IVF, including waiting periods. Our fund use to have a 2 year wait on IVF, but have recently changed it (so they tell me)

Nic

[Visitor9]

Medibank private are shocking, only cover the bed on the OPU and anaestist. The rest is all out of pocket