Just wanted to add my experiance as i have done both public and private IVF in Melbourne and although i did it with the same doc and clinic i found that my care was better with private.

I had to travell to the other side of the city when we went public to a public hosiptal and still had to pay a bed fee of about $250 (4 yrs ago) and i can remember how much cheaper the cycle was but it wasnt much. then when we opted for the private it was closer to home and ended up costing us cheaper as we didnt pay any bed fee due to PHI. i did have the ultra sound when i was private but not when i went public and fell pg both cycles i had there but early losses. i prefered having the ultra sound for the same reasons as the lady mentioned b4 and now having changed clinics they do NOT do the ultra sound even private, and thats all i dislike about this clinic. considering going back to Monash as they have offered me a bulk billed cycle (they stuffed up big, thats why we changed)

Hope that info helps just give me a nudge if you want any more