Sydney IVF Raises Prices

[slyder]

Dusty, DW spoke with our nurse who was concerned about the increase (apparently it was different to what they had been told) and apparently had been on the phone to ask why the price includes hospital admission (as it apparently does with Sydney CBD) yet here patients are admitted to a separate private hospital. She too felt that our clinic fee may be less than that stated.

Ultimately, I believe they will charge this price regardless and just describe it as the flat fee. It does seem silly to have such a price variance between the clinics, but the upfront cost is phenomenal and rather convenient as they can set whatever price they like, knowing that Medicare still has to meet 80% after the SN has been reached. The SN is great, but can and is abused.

[pkgjmg]

hi girls,

i'm in queensland and I can tell you the clinic's also differ in prices up here ..

CLINIC A

our current clinic charges $ 1,375 for a FET cycle (this is NOT including prog support, dr's fee's etc) .. we get back $ 560 from medicare - that's all ! - you cannot claim the safety net for a FET cycle with this clinic and it bloody well stinks !

so that's leaving us out of pocket $ 815 add on top of that $ 175 to go to blastocyst plus either $ 105 (prog pessaries) or $ 330 for crinone = $ 1,095 or $ 1,320 out of pocket

and that's still NOT including my dr's fee's and parking fee's !

CLINIC B

another clinic here charges $ 1,639.15 (this includes taking the embies to blasto) for a FET cycle rebates of $ 693.15 + $ 756.90 - leaving us out of pocket only $ 189 !

$ 189 + $ 105 = $ 294

OR

$ 189 + $ 330 = $ 519

and then our dr's fee's ...

CLINIC A out of pocket either $ 1,095 or $ 1,320

CLINIC B out of pocket either $ 294 or $ 519

now I ask you - which clinic would you choose ??????????