Mildez-it is shocking the difference in prices at clinics SIVF cost eprox $8000 for a antagonist cycle with about $4000 back on medicare (from memory) and extra for orgalutran $70-$100 per injection i needed 9 last cycle and 11 this cycle so not cheap but with west mead the total cost of a antagonist cycle was $1450 and i get $700 back after i post all the medicare checks to them i did have to pay $60 dollars per orgalutran injection and as i said a few lines back i needed 11 but i claimed some of the costs through my private health fund and the rest on our tax return so all up we have spent about $2000 from start to finish and i am waiting for the $700 check so that will take my oop cost to $900 after claiming orgalutran on tax such a huge difference in clinics and i found westmead to be more personal and friendly the only thing is you have what ever doctor and scientist is on that day for EPU and TF but i did not care as long as they got me pregnant i was happy with who ever and they are a teaching hospital so i did have a few students observing but i was given the choice i was happy for them to look at my vjay jay everyone else has so why not them.
When we did the PGD we did a antagonist cycle and it was over $14,000 we got $8,000 back the PGD test on the embryos is $4000 regardless of if you have one embryo or 20 so i found them to be more money making than really trying to help families with genetic conditions .
So you work out how clinics can justify charging so much when non profit clinics do it real cheap because they are there to help couples get pregnant i would go back to west mead before anyone else.